Tamil Nadu Police Facial Recognition Portal

Breach Date

4 May 2024

Affected Users

NOT DISCLOSED

Details

• 1.2 million lines of data including names of police officers
• Phone numbers
• And FIR details; 55
• 000 lines of data regarding details of police officials
• Including IPS officers
• A second file with 8.9 lakh lines of FIR data and another with 2
• 700 lines of data on police stations.

Acknowledgement

Yes

Notice/Statement

On preliminary enquiry, it is learnt that the password has been compromised in admin account. The admin account has limited rights like creation of id for users, queries search, and details of front end can only be viewed.

Grievance Redressal

NOT DISCLOSED

Media Coverage

newindianexpress.com