Ein Leck biometrischer Polizeidaten ist ein Zeichen für die Zukunft

By Matt Burgess

Thousands of law enforcement officials and people applying to be police officers in India have had their personal information leaked online—including fingerprints, facial scan images, signatures, and details of tattoos and scars on their bodies. If that wasn’t alarming enough, at around the same time, cybercriminals have started to advertise the sale of similar [biometric](https://www.wired.com/tag/biometrics/) police data from India on messaging app [Telegram](https://www.wired.com/tag/telegram/).

Shared exclusively with WIRED, within a total of almost 500 gigabytes of data spanning 1.6 million documents was a mine of sensitive personal information about teachers, railway workers, and law enforcement officials. Birth certificates, diplomas, education certificates, and job applications were all included.

While the misconfigured server has now been closed off, the incident highlights the risks of companies collecting and storing biometric data, such as fingerprints and facial images, and how they could be misused if the data is accidentally leaked.

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