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January 4, 2018 06:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/6LyA3LZotsI/personal-data-of-a-billion-indians-sold-online-for-8-report-claims
Personal Data of a Billion Indians Sold Online For $8, Report Claims
Michael Safi, reporting for The Guardian: The personal information of more than a billion Indians stored in the world's largest biometric database can be bought online for less than $8, according to an investigation by an Indian newspaper. The reported breach is the latest in a series of alleged leaks from the Aadhaar database, which has been collecting the photographs, thumbprints, retina scans and other identifying details of every Indian citizen. The report in the Chandigarh-based Tribune newspaper claimed that software is also being sold online that can generate fake Aadhaar cards, an identity document that is required to access a growing number of government services including free meals and subsidised grain. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which administers the Aadhaar system, said it appeared the newspaper had accessed only limited details through a search facility that had been made available to government officials.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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