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Individual Personal Details From "Aadhaar", India's Billion-Person Identity Database, for $8

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday January 09 2018, @09:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the I'd-buy-that-for-a-dollar dept.

canopic jug writes:

The Aadhaar biometric database covering over 99% of the adult population in India has been compromised and its contents are now for sale. Full personal details on around 1 billion adult citizens of India, including several biometrics, are available for $8.

takyon: $8 per individual.

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Tuesday January 09 2018, @10:20PM (5 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday January 09 2018, @10:20PM (#620242) Journal

    The inclusion of the biometric data could make this database a little more unique and valuable than most.

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 09 2018, @11:31PM (4 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday January 09 2018, @11:31PM (#620264) Homepage Journal

    Eight bucks a pop for a chick's digits? That's not much of a bargain unless you're damned ugly and lack anything approaching charm.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 09 2018, @11:38PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 09 2018, @11:38PM (#620268)

      So says buzzy the charm nozzle.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Wednesday January 10 2018, @12:13AM

      by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Wednesday January 10 2018, @12:13AM (#620275) Journal

      Great for stalking though.

      At least they didn't collect DNA samples.

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    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 10 2018, @10:23AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 10 2018, @10:23AM (#620420)

      Eight bucks a pop for a chick's digits? That's not much of a bargain unless you're damned ugly and lack anything approaching charm.

      In my neighborhood having $8 means I have plenty of charm.