Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-01-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission (BPSSC)
Affected country: India
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Researchers from CloudSEK discover a post on a well-known database sharing forum advertising the PII of 500,000 Indian citizens. An analysis of the data shows that the victims are candidates who took a preliminary exam conducted by the Bihar Police Subordinate Commission.