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The Indian Government said it has addressed a critical vulnerability in its secure document wallet service Digilocker that could have potentially let a remote attacker bypass mobile one-time passwords (OTP) and sign in as other users. Discovered separately by two independent bug bounty researchers, Mohesh Mohan and Ashish Gahlot, the vulnerability could have been exploited […]
The Supreme Court of India has refrained the Madras High Court and other courts from making a final judgment on the Aadhaar and Social media linking case. The apex court has also sent a notice to the Centre government and the Tamil Nadu government seeking a response on the issue. In fact, social media tech […]
It seems like India’s unique identity number Aadhaar has become habitual of occasional security lapses as another security breach case is raising more questions regarding the security of users’ data. According to a report by HuffPost India, an Aadhaar operator named Vikram Sheokhand has fallen prey to unauthorized access of his biometrics which has been misused several times. Vikram is […]
Aadhaar, the unique identification system of India, has got a bad rep all over the world. From personal data being available on Google search to Edward Snowden informing about the dangers of Aadhaar, the “secure” system has gone through a lot of troubles. Now, a new and exclusive investigation from HuffPost India has revealed a software patch […]
The IT security researchers at Kromtech Security Center discovered a trove of personal and sensitive data belonging to around 15,000 to 20,000 Indian applicants participating in cricket seasons 2015-2018. The authority responsible for protecting this data was The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) but it was left exposed to the public in two […]
A cyber Attack launch into Indian Provident Fund Portal called “Employees Provident Fund Organization(EPFO)” and hackers may have been stolen around 27 Million registered peoples sensitive data. The personal and professional details of about 27 Million Indian Peoples registered with the retirement fund body Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). A hacked website (Aadhaar.epfoservices.com)provides an Aadhaar Seeding Service for EPFO […]
The personal data of almost a billion Indian citizens who have an Aadhaar number could be accessed by paying just a handful amount of money, according to a report by The Tribune. The Indian newspaper claims to have sourced the entire Aadhar database for just INR 500 ($7.8) after contacting an ‘agent’ via a WhatsApp […]
A CIS study estimated number of Aadhaar numbers leaked through 4 gov portals could be around 135 million and 100M bank account numbers. The Aadhaar is the world’s largest biometric ID system, with over 1.123 billion enrolled members as of 28 February 2017. The role of the system is crucial for both authenticating and authorizing transactions and […]
Short Bytes: In a shocking development, the Aadhaar details of 1.4 million Indian citizens have leaked. This incident took place due to some programming error in a website run by the Jharkhand Directorate of Social Security. The Section 29 (4) of the Aadhaar Act prohibits making the details of citizens public. The website was later blocked […]