---
title: "Indian government’s cloud spilled citizens’ personal data online for years"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/indian-government-s-cloud-spilled-citizens-personal-data-online-for-years-rmxqpacuz
source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/02/indian-government-cloud-spilled-citizens-personal-data-online-for-years/
type: article
source: "TechCrunch"
published: 2024-04-03T04:34:44.277Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z
tags: ["cloud", "cyber", "data-leak"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Indian government’s cloud spilled citizens’ personal data online for years

**[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

The Indian government's cloud service, S3WaaS, exposed citizens' personal data, including Aadhaar numbers, COVID-19 vaccination data, and passport details, online for anyone to access. The data leak posed risks of identity thefts, scams, and concerns of discrimination and social rejection.

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Tags: [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#data-leak](https://daily.dev/tags/data-leak)

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