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Indian state government fixes website bugs that exposed residents’ sensitive documents
The bugs were fixed last week through an intervention by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT-In.
An Indian state government has fixed security issues impacting its website that exposed the sensitive documents and personal information of millions of residents. Security researcher Viktor Markopoulos, working for cybersecurity company CloudDefense.ai, found the bugs in the Jan Aadhaar portal in December and asked TechCrunch for help in disclosing to the authorities. This contrasts with the regular Aadhaar card, available for enrollment to eligible individuals across India and provided by the central government-backed Unique Identification Authority, or UIDAI.
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