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Personal Details from Aadhaar, India's Billion-Person Identity Database for $8

Accepted submission by canopic jug at 2018-01-09 12:49:58
Digital Liberty

canopic jug [soylentnews.org] 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 [techdirt.com].

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