A French vigilante hacker has made a stunning revelation accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having compromised the personal data of millions of Indians, who had downloaded his personal mobile app.
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In a series of tweets, Elliot Alderson alleged that the personal data including emails, photos, genders and names of the users of Modi’s mobile app were being sent to a third party domain without their consent.
When you create a profile in the official @narendramodi #Android app, all your device info (OS, network type, Carrier …) and personal data (email, photo, gender, name, …) are send without your consent to a third-party domain called https://t.co/N3zA3QeNZO. pic.twitter.com/Vey3OP6hcf
— Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) March 23, 2018
Alderson wrote, “When you create a profile in the official @narendramodi #Android app, all your device info (OS, network type, Carrier …) and personal data (email, photo, gender, name, …) are send without your consent to a third-party domain called http://in.wzrkt.com (sic)”
The French cyber security researcher’s next revelation was even more worrying as he alleged that the domain, where the data of PM Modi’s app users were being sent, was a phishing link, owned by a company G-Data. Phishing is usually designed to steal internet users’ usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and money), often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. This microsoft link explains everything about phishing and what one should do to not fall victim to its fraud.
This domain is classified as a phishing link by the company G-Data. This website is hosted by @GoDaddy and the whois info are hidden. pic.twitter.com/dRUx0fuZ38
— Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) March 23, 2018
Anderson said that the the domain in question belonged to Clever Trap. He wrote, “After a quick search, this domain belongs to an American company called @CleverTap. According to their description, “#CleverTap is the next generation app engagement platform. It enables marketers to identify, engage and retain users and provides developers.”
Anderson asked Modi what he thought of sharing the personal data of ‘your users without their consent to a third-party company.’
.@narendramodi, I know privacy is not your thing but any thoughts about sharing the personal data of your users without their consent to a third-party company?
— Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) March 23, 2018
He wrote, ” @narendramodi, I know privacy is not your thing but any thoughts about sharing the personal data of your users without their consent to a third-party company?”
One minute after my post on @narendramodi‘s #android app, the “App team” created a new Twitter profile to discuss with me. We had a nice discussion. In order to be fair, here their first answer. pic.twitter.com/4JbdoSefpt
— Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) March 24, 2018
Rahul Gandhi Reaction
Modi misusing PM position to build personal database with data on millions of Indians via the NaMo App promoted by Govt.
If as PM he wants to use tech to communicate with India, no problem. But use the official PMO APP for it.
This data belongs to India, not Modi.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 26, 2018
Modi’s NaMo App secretly records audio, video, contacts of your friends & family and even tracks your location via GPS.
He’s the Big Boss who likes to spy on Indians.
Now he wants data on our children. 13 lakh NCC cadets are being forced to download the APP.#DeleteNaMoApp
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 26, 2018