Biggest cyber attack: Aadhaar data of 81.5 crore Indians claimed to have been leaked

Massive Aadhaar Data Leak: In today's modern times, personal data is considered more valuable than gold. Meanwhile, a report presented by America is worrying for India. An American cyber security firm has claimed that the personal data of about 81.5 crore Indians has been leaked on the dark web. It is claimed that this data has been leaked for online sharing of data including name, phone number, address, Aadhaar card and passport information. According to the report, a person with a dark web ID posted a thread on the breached firm offering to share the Aadhaar and passport data of 81.5 crore Indians. The report also claimed that Hunter (HUMINT) unit investigators had made contact with the person making the threat. In which the information has come out that the database of Indian Aadhaar card and passport has been sold for 80,000 dollars.

Biggest data leak case in India

According to sources, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is currently on the hunt for this hacker. Additionally, there have been reports that the leaked database may be related to ICMR. A Twitter user even claimed that the Covid-19 database of over 80 crore Indians was leaked by an unknown hacker. This is the biggest data leak case in India. The leaked details include name, father's name, phone number, passport number, Aadhaar number, age of the person.

There have also been reports of personal data leaks earlier

Earlier in June, there were reports that the government had issued an order to investigate the data breach after information about the personal data of vaccinated persons, including VVIPs, had been leaked from the CoWin website to the Telegram channel.