Government's Way Of Handling User Data- An Open Invitation To Hackers
The other sources of the information could be our very own telephone directories, Facebook and twitter.
All this information which a cyber criminal can access can lead to disasters which result in victims loosing money as well as identity such as Date of birth, phone number, alternate number and billing address . Many telephone companies and banks use to determine whether a person calling its customer helpline is indeed who she says she is. This kind of information also allows a hacker to design effective phishing attacks, which lures a person into revealing information such as passwords or credit card numbers. An emailwith accurate personal information appears authoritative to the recipient and has a greater likelihood of trust. .
In December, U.S. Department of Justice estimated that $24.7 billion were lost to identity theft in 2012, as 11.5 million Americans found themselves defrauded. But India lacks this similar data.
Usha Ramanathan an independent law researcher specialising in privacy, surveillance and related issues said “We don’t need a law to observe these principles” Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme places online the bank account numbers and IFSC codes for all its beneficiaries.
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