Jharkhand government portal leaking users' identity data: French researcher
New Delhi, July 25 : Famous French security researcher, who goes by the name of Elliot Alderson, claimed on Wednesday that identity data of nearly 9,000 people who logged into the Jharkhand government's portal is available in the open.
In a series of tweets from his handle @fs0c131y, Alderson said the website is leaking identity documents which are available in the public domain.
"Your website is leaking almost 9,000 identity documents. Can you contact me?" the French vigilante hacker tweeted to @ITDept_JH.
"The valid credentials, userid as username and password as password, are hardcoded in the login page," he added.
In an earlier tweet addressed to @MPOnlineLimited, Alderson said: "Your website is leaking more than 52 000 identity documents".
There was no reply from the IT department of Jharkhand government to the researcher's tweets.
The French security researcher has earlier exposed security lapses in Aadhaar, Patanjali's Kimbho app and others.
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Iran's sports minister says country can't take part in World Cup because of US attacks
Dubai (AP): Iran's sports and youth minister said it's “not possible” for the country to take part in the World Cup after the United States killed its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in its ongoing war.
Iran was expected to take part in the World Cup that will be held across North America in June, but Iranian Sports and Youth Minister Ahmad Donyamali told state television that his country's soccer team players are not safe in the US, according to a video of the interview posted Tuesday.
“Due to the wicked acts they have done against Iran — they have imposed two wars on us over just eight or nine months and have killed and martyred thousands of our people — definitely it's not possible for us to take part in the World Cup,” he said.
Iran is scheduled to play in Inglewood, California, against New Zealand on June 15 and Belgium on June 21 before finishing group play against Egypt in Seattle on June 26. The US is hosting the tournament with Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19.
FIFA said Tuesday night that it anticipates Iran's national team will be allowed to come to the United States.
Last week, US President Donald Trump said “I really don't care” if Iran takes part in the 48-nation tournament.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said he met with Trump on Tuesday night “to discuss the status of preparations” for the tournament and received assurances that Iran would be permitted to come to the US.
