In July 2021, #TNPDSHack led to entire data of Tamilnadu's 6.5 Crore residents, including #Aadhaar, #MakkalNumber, Mobile number, family data was sold for $3200 - @ 0.36p / resident. #DataBrokers

@CMOTamilnadu @TNeGA_Official actively denied the entire data leak.
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For those who don't remember #TNPDSHack
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Post now updated - 65M #Aadhaar, 66.3 M #MakkalNumber and 220M lines of data. Note that this is < 90% data as #TNPDS has 67.6M #Aadhaar and 68.1 beneficiaries.

Collective failure of @UIDAI @CMOTamilnadu in letting this continue for 2 weeks and losing the entire database
https://twitter.com/logic/status/1413094944227487744

System Architecture diagram of OmneAgate #ePDS system. Note the G2G_App layer which interfaces with #SRDH. This is the source of #MakkalNumber leak.

http://cips.org.in/mmp/documents/Workshops/2016/June/PDS7-9/7/ePDS.pdf

https://www.medianama.com/2021/07/223-tamilnadu-makkal-number-privacy-legality/

Tamil Nadu’s Makkal Number Exposed In Massive Data Breach, Bringing Into Question Its Privacy Implications & Legality - @sarveshmathi on @medianama deepdives #TNPDS breach & looks into puts #MakkalNumber on Puttaswamy Test cc @WriterRavikumar @prasanna_s

https://www.medianama.com/2021/07/223-tamilnadu-makkal-number-privacy-legality/
Tamil Nadu’s Makkal Number Exposed In Massive Data Breach, Bringing Into Question Its Privacy Implications & Legality - @sarveshmathi on @medianama deepdives #TNPDS breach & looks into puts #MakkalNumber on Puttaswamy Test cc @WriterRavikumar @prasanna_s

Post now updated - 65M #Aadhaar, 66.3 M #MakkalNumber and 220M lines of data. Note that this is < 90% data as #TNPDS has 67.6M #Aadhaar and 68.1 beneficiaries.

Collective failure of @UIDAI @CMOTamilnadu in letting this continue for 2 weeks and losing the entire database

Sample files of 15k #Makkal Number and 10k #Aadhaar is available now publicly.

Did you know #MakkalNumber is a 8 character alphabetic code is not a 'number' ? #Makkal also tracks death, unlike #Aadhaar.

Talking about #TNPDS Ration card, #Aadhaar, #MakkalNumber leak and the site defacement at 7 PM today in @TamilSpaces hosted by @SuryaCEG Tune in to know what has happened and how it impacts you.
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