According to a report by News18, the Aadhaar details of almost 81.5 crore people have been leaked, and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is the source through which these details were leaked. This is probably the biggest data breach in India, and the hackers insist that they got these personal details through the COVID-19 test that was registered at ICMR.
What transpired, and how did it happen?
Initially, the data breach was first identified by an American cybersecurity and intelligence agency named Security. According to them, the hacker with the username ‘pwn001’ posted a thread on a platform called ‘Breach Forums’, where people discuss data breaches and leaks. This thread, in turn, helped the hacker to the personal details of over 81.5 crore Indians. 81.5 crore people almost equals the total population of countries like Iran, Turkey, and Germany, which come in the top 20 most populous countries in the world.
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