Aadhaar, Passport Data Leaked: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is currently investigating the breach committed by hacker ‘pwn0001’. Another report said that the stolen data could be from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) database.
Aadhaar, Passport Data Leaked: There is big and bad news for crores of Aadhaar card holders and passport holders of India. According to a report, a report by US-based cyber security firm Resecurity has claimed that personally identifiable information of about 815 million i.e. 81.5 crore Indians has been leaked on the dark web.
According to the report, data including name, phone number, address, Aadhaar, passport information is available for sale online. “On October 9, a thread actor identified as ‘pwn0001’ posted a thread on the breach forum showing access to 815 million ‘Indian Citizen Aadhaar and Passport’ records,” Resecurity wrote in a blogpost. Let us tell you that the entire population of India is more than 1.486 billion.
The company also said that investigators from its HUMINT unit, who contacted the thread actor, learned that they were willing to sell the entire Aadhaar and Indian passport database for $80,000.
According to media reports, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is currently investigating the breach committed by hacker ‘pwn0001’. Another report said that the stolen data could be from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) database.
