India’s Citizen ID System Is Leaking, Again!

India's immutable, biometric citizen ID system, Aadhaar, has had a history of data leaks.
India's immutable, biometric citizen ID system, Aadhaar, has had a history of data leaks.
Since the start of the month, there have been no less than sixty claims and publications of major data breaches from Indonesia. Many are from government systems.
Today, on what marks the 58th day of protests against the new Georgian government, an interesting turn of events caused Tblisi's bus system to suspend fares.
There's been a lot of back-and-forth about what's driving the recently enacted-then-retracted TikTok ban. It's important to remember that the fundamental reasoning for "why" (or as some would say, the excuse given) is one of national cybersecurity. But does that hold up?
The Netherlands is really going through it with the data leak stuff. Another dump of Dutch citizens’ personally identifiable information (PII) data just dropped a few hours ago.
A new Ransomware threat actor has emerged, claiming over 30 victims in 10 days.
Sometimes it's old code. Sometimes they're just full of it. But sometimes, threat actors hit pay-dirt.
"Hacktivists" from at least 10 groups claim to try overwhelming numerous German and other NATO country targets.
Since April, BASHE, a ransomware group that allegedly spun off of LockBit, has been rapidly growing its reputation. They've claimed over twenty victims this past October.
They're also probably lying.
As the revelations come, a debate over the place of End-to-End Encryption and its relationship to numerous messaging platforms has found itself reignited. Is this part of a pattern creating real reason for concern, or is it all tech-libertarian virtue signaling?