New Delhi July 25 (IANS) Famous French security researcher who goes by the name of Elliot Alderson claimed on Wednesday that identity data of nearly 9 000 people who logged into the Jharkhand government s portal is available in the open.
In a series of tweets from his handle @fs0c131y Alderson said the website is leaking identity documents which are available in the public domain.
"Your website is leaking almost 9 000 identity documents. Can you contact me?" the French vigilante hacker tweeted to @ITDept_JH.
"The valid credentials userid as username and password as password are hardcoded in the login page " he added.
In an earlier tweet addressed to @MPOnlineLimited Alderson said: "Your website is leaking more than 52 000 identity documents".
There was no reply from the IT department of Jharkhand government to the researcher s tweets.
The French security researcher has earlier exposed security lapses in Aadhaar Patanjali s Kimbho app and others.

--IANS na/bg