New Delhi: The federal government has blocked just a few web sites exposing delicate private identifiable data, together with Aadhaar and PAN Card particulars of Indian residents, an official assertion stated on Thursday.
The motion was taken after the Indian Pc Emergency Response Staff (CERT-In), beneath the Ministry of Electronics and Data Know-how, discovered safety flaws within the web sites.
“It has come to the discover of the MeitY that some web sites have been exposing delicate private identifiable data, together with Aadhaar and PAN Card particulars of Indian residents. This has been taken up severely because the Authorities accords the best precedence to secure cyber safety practices and the safety of private knowledge. In step with this, immediate motion has been taken to dam these web sites,” the assertion stated.
The Distinctive Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has lodged a grievance with the police authorities involved for violation of the prohibition beneath the Aadhaar (Focused Supply of Monetary and Different Subsidies, Advantages and Companies) Act, 2016 on public show of Aadhaar data.
“The evaluation of those web sites by the Indian Pc Emergency Response Staff (CERT-In) has proven some safety flaws in these web sites. The involved web site homeowners have been offered steerage in regards to the actions to be taken at their finish for hardening the ICT infrastructures and fixing the vulnerabilities,” the assertion stated.
MeitY has notified the Data Know-how (Cheap Safety Practices and Procedures and Delicate Private Information or Data) Guidelines, 2011, which give for non-publication and non-disclosure of delicate private knowledge.
Any adversely affected get together can method the Adjudicating Officer of the IT Act to file a grievance and search compensation.
The IT secretaries of the states are empowered as adjudicating officers beneath the IT Act.
Meity stated the Digital Private Information Safety Act, 2023, has already been enacted and the foundations beneath the act are within the superior stage of drafting.
The assertion didn’t point out names and variety of web sites that have been blocked however a easy on-line search about Aadhaar confirmed a number of web sites that uncovered private particulars of residents, together with their Aadhaar, PAN card, driving licence and so on.
The web sites have been purposeful even after the assertion was issued.
Any leak of private particulars of individuals makes them weak to on-line scams. Final week, a cyber safety researcher claimed that Star Well being Insurance coverage officers had offered knowledge of three.1 crore prospects.
The hacker had created Telegram bots to entry knowledge of 31,216,953 prospects up to date until July 2024 and 5,758,425 claims of the corporate obtainable until early August.
The e-mail dialog video confirmed the e-mail ID of the senior firm official. The dialog video exhibits an electronic mail chat in addition to a chat on an immediate messaging discussion board between xenZen and the corporate official for the deal.
The deal was initially finalised for USD 28,000, however later, the official demanded USD 1,50,000 on the pretext that he needed to pay a share to senior-level administration for the continuation of the info leak.
Star Well being Insurance coverage has sued the hacker, Telegram and others within the case.
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