The government blocked websites that were disseminating people's personal information
Researchers claim that Star Health Insurance officials sold data of 3.1 crore customers.
The government has blocked several websites that disclose sensitive personal identifiable information, including Aadhaar and PAN card details of Indian citizens, an official statement said on Thursday.
The action was taken after the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology found security flaws in websites." It has come to MeitY's attention that some websites are exposing sensitive personal. Identifiable information of Indian citizens including Aadhaar and PAN card details This is taken seriously as the government places the highest priority on safe cyber security practices and personal information protection In line with this, immediate measures have been taken to block these websites,” the statement said.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has filed a complaint with the concerned police authority for violating the ban under the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 for public display of Aadhaar data.” Indian Computer Emergency Response Team ( CERT-In) has identified some security flaws in these websites. The owners of the concerned websites have been instructed on what steps they will take to eventually fix the vulnerabilities,” the statement said in 2011 It is provided for non-disclosure of non-public and sensitive personal information.
Any adversely affected party may approach the Adjudicating Officer of IT Act to lodge a complaint and seek compensation IT Secretaries of states are empowered as Adjudicating Officers under the IT Act. Meity said the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, has already been enacted and the rules under the Act are in advanced stages of drafting. The statement did not mention the name and number of websites blocked but a simple online search about Aadhaar showed several websites that exposed personal details of citizens, including their Aadhaar, PAN card, driving license etc. The websites remained active after the statement was issued. Any leakage of personal details of people makes them vulnerable to online scams. Last week, a cybersecurity
The hacker created Telegram bots to access data on 31,216,953 subscribers updated to July 2024, and the company had 5,758,425 claims available as of early August. The video of the email conversation showed the email id of the company's senior official The video of the conversation shows an email chat as well as a chat on an instant messaging forum between Jensen and a company official. The deal was initially finalized for USD 28,000, but later, the official demanded USD 1,50,000 on the pretext that he had to pay a share to senior-level management for the continuation of the leak. Star Health Insurance has sued hackers, Telegram and others in the case.
