Poor Biometrice Encryption system exposes the 4.5 Million data.
May 05, 2020
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Poor Biometric Encryption system exposes the 4.5 Million data.
Nearly 4.5 million Israeli personal data, including the Department of Communications driver's licenses and biometric identifiers stored in a personal biometric smart card database, cannot achieve the highest levels of encryption and security to prevent data leakage or exploitation There. Go, the auditor found this report.
According to auditor Matanyahu Engelman, more than one million people are at risk including children. He advised the Minister of Tourism to investigate how to strengthen the security and national authority of biometric smart cards to better understand bus card systems.
The Department of Transportation suffered a similar incident 14 years ago and was asked to improve security at the time.
The report noted that there are no safety rules regarding the voice printing of 55,000 foreign workers and 5,500 prisoners. Engelman proposes to integrate a driver's license into the smart card system, while Englman dismissed more than 30 state agencies that did not solicit to receive smart shopper cards.
There is no mention of hacking cases involving state databases. The Israel Biometric Database Authority (BDA) has failed to report two data security incidents to the National Assembly between 2017 and 2018.
In another case, 6.5 million voter demographics were disclosed online, and further investigations into the companies used during the election.
Yehonatan Klinger, an advocate for the digital rights movement, fears that such an event will happen again and said that biometrics will not be properly protected.
The Department of the Interior said the data is "a valuable and valuable source of information that provides 10 years of experience in the field of biology and is managed and protected by the best protection of privacy."
The Department of Transportation said it focused on the protection of privacy in accordance with the guidelines provided by the Israel Cyber Commission and is compiling its data in partnership with the Immigration and Border Authority.
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