Data of 810 million people exposed in ICMR-linked breach
A data breach linked to the Indian Council of Medical Research exposed the information of 810 million people. Delhi Police arrested four people on suspicion of selling the data on the dark web. Those arrested claimed they had also stolen information related to the FBI and Pakistan's national ID cards.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Information of 810 million people
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- India
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- Delhi Police arrested four people in connection with the data breach and the sale of data on the dark web.
- The breach was reported to have exposed the information of 810 million people.
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