Hacker Claims Data Breach of India’s Blue-Collar Worker Database

A hacker claims to have accessed a large database linked with the Indian government’s portal for blue-collar workers emigrating from the country.

The eMigrate portal’s database allegedly includes full names, contact numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, mailing addresses, and passport data of individuals who allegedly registered for the portal.

The Ministry of External Affairs launched eMigrate, which helps Indian workers in emigrating overseas. The portal also offers clearance tracking and insurance services to migrating workers.

The database for sale on a recognised cybercrime forum looks to be genuine and it even includes the contact information for the Indian government’s foreign ambassador. While it is unclear whether the data was stolen directly from the eMigrate portal or via a previous breach, the threat actors claim to have access to at least 200,000 internal and registered user accounts.

India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is working wit

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