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By Hera Rizwan The Indian government has plugged a longstanding cybersecurity leak, which exposed vast amounts of citizens' data for over two years, after persistent complaints and follow-ups by an independent security researcher. Sourajeet Majumdar, a security researcher who brought the breach to light, told Decode numerous documents containing personal information of citizens, such as Aadhaar numbers, COVID-19 vaccination records, and passport details, were publicly accessible online. "I became aware of the breach in 2022, following which I promptly notified the authorities and sought assist...
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By Hera Rizwan The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), on Monday, clarified that while intimation for updating the Aadhaar database is regularly sent to holders, no Aadhaar numbers have been canceled. This statement follows West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that the BJP-led Centre was 'deactivating' Aadhaar cards in her state, made just a day prior. Addressing a public distribution event in Birbhum district, Banerjee claimed that the central government deactivated Aadhaar cards of individuals in the state before the Lok Sabha polls, preventing them from accessing...
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By Hera Rizwan In a massive data breach, personally identifiable information of 81.5 crore Indians has been up on the dark web for sale, according to areport by US-based cybersecurity firm Resecurity. The stolen data includes Aadhaar and passport details, names, phone numbers, and both temporary and permanent addresses of crores of Indians. As reported by Resecurity, on October 9, an individual using the pseudonym "pwn0001" made a post on Breach Forums, a darknet crime forum, where they offered access to a dataset containing 81.5 crore records with information related to "Indian Citizen Aadhaa...
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By Hera Rizwan In 2022, Shajahan Ali Ahmad, a resident of Bongaigaon, Assam, faced an abrupt termination from his assistant manager position at a private bank due to his inability to maintain an Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) account. The government of India mandated, in June 2021, that EPF account holders link their Aadhaar number to their accounts for functionality, a requirement Ahmad couldn't meet as his Aadhaar had been locked since 2018. EPF, functioning as a savings account for Indian employees, involves contributions from both the employer and employee. This accumulated fund serves as...
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By Hera Rizwan Moody's Investors Service, a prominent global rating agency, has raised significant concerns regarding India's Aadhaar, the 12-digit universal identity system, and has cast doubt on the dependability of biometric technologies. According to its recent report, "The system often results in service denials, and the reliability of biometric technologies, especially for manual laborers in hot, humid climates, is questionable." Calling Aadhaar the the “most trusted digital ID in the world”, the Indian government has dismissed the report, stating that the investor service made “sweeping...
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By Umesh Kumar Ray Earlier this year, Urmila Kumari, a resident of Nawada district in Bihar, lost 57,900 rupees to a scam where her fingerprints were cloned. Kumari was able to locate the receiver, who admitted to his crime and promised to return the scammed money, pleading her to not file an FIR. It’s not just Kumari. The Bihar police is tired of frauds through the AePS (Aadhaar Enabled Payment System). In July this year, the Nawada police formed a special investigating team (SIT) to arrest two people and recovered 512 cloned thumb impressions made of plastic- like substances. A scam has been...
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By Boom Staff Editor's Note: For our Decode Voices section, we will be documenting personal experiences with the Internet and online platforms. Technology, privacy, law and policy will be touched upon through these stories. In this story, Swati Thapa tells Kaisar Andrabi how she almost got scammed by someone pretending to be from FedEx. On an early cold morning on January10, in a yes-no situation to get off my bed, my phone rang. It disturbed the leftover sleep and I attended the call. A soft-spoken woman with a refined Indian English accent identified herself as a customer care operator from ...
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By Mohammed Kudrati The Income Tax Department extended the deadline to link PAN and Aadhaar by three months to June 30, 2023. After that, on July 1 and after, the PAN would become inoperative following penalties would apply: No refund would be made against such PANsInterest on these refunds would also not be paid as long as the PAN would remain inoperativeAny tax deducted at source or tax collected at source would be done at higher ratesThe deadline to link PAN and Aadhaar was previously March 31, 2022. This deadline was extended by a year to March 31, 2023. Those who linked their PAN and Aadh...
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By Hera Rizwan The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI rolled out a new artificial intelligence-based security mechanism for fingerprint authentication earlier this week that aims to detect attempts of fingerprint spoofing faster. According to the press release, this would make the "Aadhaar authentication transactions even more robust and secure". How will the new security mechanism work? The artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) based security mechanism has been developed "in-house". The mechanism will use a combination of both finger minutia and finger image in ord...
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By BOOM Team Centre on Sunday reversed the advisory on sharing Aadhaar card photocopy in view of data safety, hours after the advisory, dated May 27, went viral. Earlier, the Centre had issued an advisory warning people against sharing the details of their Aadhaar cards with any organisation as it could be misused. "UIDAI issued Aadhaar card holders are only advised to exercise normal prudence in using and sharing their UIDAI Aadhaar numbers," the latest circular said. It reiterated that there are enough safety measures in place to protect and safeguard the identity and privacy of the Aadhaar ...
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