technology·9 Jul 2026
81.5 Crore Aadhaar Records Exposed: Inside India's Biggest Data Breach
In October 2023, a threat actor put 815 million Indian citizen records — names, Aadhaar numbers, passport details — up for sale at $80,000. The breach, believed to originate from ICMR's COVID-19 testing database, became India's largest data leak, testing the country's new data protection regime.