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.
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.