Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

ICMR data breach affecting 815.0M records.

9.3

Severity Score

Records Exposed

815.0M

Breach Date

October 2023

Attack Vector

Database Breach

Exposed Data Types

Names Addresses Phone Numbers Government IDs Biometric Data

Personal data of 815 million Indian citizens was found for sale on the dark web, sourced from the Indian Council of Medical Research’s COVID testing database. The data included Aadhaar numbers, passport details, names, and phone numbers.

Impact Assessment

Data Sensitivity

9.3

Scale

815.0M

Public Exposure

Critical