Government's Way Of Handling User Data- An Open Invitation To Hackers
Bangalore: After the blatant hacking incidents targeting Snap chat and Skype, it is clear that cyber criminals are on the prowl and can utilize any lapses to their advantage. And it seems the government of India is yet to take notice of the cyber crimes that are taking place day in day out. More so recently the way Government is handling the user data without proper security is considered to be an open invitation to the hackers, reports Economic Times.
Binoo Thomas , a digital security expert at Mc Afee Labs said "If I want to target someone, I now have access to so much detail that shouldn't have been in public. Hackers with good social engineering skills will be able to call a call centre and impersonate a person. And from a stalking perspective, it has implications for not just celebrities, but anybody with a jilted lover, a political rival, and so on,"
Combine some databases and you have lots of information on Indian citizens which include the wealthiest people whose bank accounts are of special interest to the thieves. For example if you need the details of the people even the richest ones, just click on the LPG transparency links on Indane Bharat Gas and HP portals and narrow the search for particular locality. . The customer’s name, address, telephone number and consumers number of that locality are all in open. The database is also searchable by name which adds further vulnerability. And since the elections are around the corener, the data base of the Election Commission which includes the name and addresses of the voter could be on the target list of hackers for making fake IDs.
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