Data of up to 1.3 million civil servants at India's Education and Culture Ministry has been leaked, The Jakarta Post reports. Cybersecurity researcher and consultant Teguh Aprianto, who revealed the cyberattack, said hackers accessed the data, including names, citizenship identification numbers, addresses and other personal information.
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