WHAT HAS HAPPENED  ?

SENSITIVE INFORMATION BELONGING TO 81.5 CRORE INDIANS HAS EMERGED ON THE DARK WEB, POTENTIALY MARKING THE BIGGEST DATA BREACH IN HISTORY OF INDIA

THE LEAK HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO ATTENTION BT  ”PWN0001” A HACKER WHO ADVERTISED THE STOLEN INFORMATION ON THE DARK WEB

FROM WHERE THESE DATA HACKED?

THE INFORMATION IS BELEIVED TO HAVE COME FROM THE DATA COLLECTED DURING COVID TIME BY ”INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH ” [ICMR]

THE INITIAL DESCOVERY OF DATABREACH WAS MADE BY RESECURITY AMERICAN AGENCY SPECIALISING IN CYBER SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE

ON OCTOBER 9 ”PWN0001” DISCLOSED DETAILS ABOUT THE BREACH ON BREACH FORUMS , ADVERTISING THE AVAILABILITY OF 815 MILLION RECORDS INCLUDING ” INDIAN CITIZEN AADHAAR AND PASSPORT DETAILS”

HACKED DATA INCLUDE

THE STOELN INFORMATION COMPRISES AADHAAR AND PASSPORT DETAILS ALONG WITH NAMES , PHONE NUMBER, AND TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT ADDRESSES OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

HOW MUCH ACCURATE IS THIS DATA

THE RESECURITY AMERICAN AGENCY HAVE DISCOVERED THAT AMONG THE LEAKED DATA, THERE WERE 100,000 FILES WITH PERSONAL; DETAILS OF INDIAN CITIZEN

TO CHECK THEIR ACCURACY , SOME OF THESE RECORDS WERE CONFIRMED BY GOVERNMENT PORTAL ”VERIFY AADHAAR” FEATURE  WHICH AUTHENTICATED THE AADHAR INFORMATION

MEASURES BEING TAKEN

THERER IS NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE TILL NOW FROM GOVERNMENT  OR ICMR BUT REPORTS STATES THAT THIS IS IVESTIGATED BY CBI ONCE THEY RECEIVE A COMPLAINT FROM ICMR

ALSO, TO CONTROL DAMAGE THE REQUIRED STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE [SOP] HAS BEEN DEPLOYED