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Data breach again: Salary bill of Supplyco staff leaked on WhatsApp

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Dissent

Joji Simon reports:

Kochi: Close on the heels of the data leak from Service and Payroll Repository of Kerala (SPARK), the database of over 5.5 lakh government employees and pensioners in the state, another serious security breach of employee database maintained by a state government department has been reported.

The breach was detected in the Supplyco Employee Information and Payroll System (SEIPS), which contains records of employee information, emoluments, credit reports and other personal and official data.

Read more on Manorama Online.


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