Biggest data breach at ICMR

In what is suspected to be the biggest data leak case in the country so far, details of 81.5 crore Indians with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) are on sale.

A ‘threat actor’ with a handle on X, formerly Twitter, has advertised the database in the breached forum on dark web which involves records of 81.5 million Indian citizens — Aadhaar and passport information along with names, phone numbers and addresses. The ‘threat actor’ claimed the data — extracted from the Covid-19 test details of citizens — was sourced from ICMR.

https://www.localcircles.com/a/press/page/digital-personal-data-protection-bill

The circle survey had 72% saying their data is compromised. Now it will be 100% I guess

What is the Government doing to protect our information, nothing. Your departments are compromising instead. more  

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Is there any way the Govt. can undo what the mischief monger has done ? more  
This is just bad bad bad. I want to see which papers cover this news prominently. If your paper doesn't unsubscribe more  
Shocking! We already get unwanted calls and messages they would now increase many fold. more  
ALARMING , WE CANNOT RELY ON EVEN GOVT. DATA GIVEN IN GOOD FAITH ARE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE AT PRICE. IT FEELS WE SHOULD NOT SHARE ANY INFORMATION TO ANY AGENCEY IN THE COUNTRY, more  
Government should take immediate steps to tackle this menace. People need to be aware of the confidentiality of customers/consumer data more  
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