It appears that hackers have recently stolen the biometric information of the great majority of Senegalese adults This article explores stolen biometric information. . The Directorate of File Automation (DAF), the government organization that manages passports, national ID cards, and biometric data for the nation's nearly 20 million citizens, had two servers compromised on January 19 by a new ransomware group identifying itself as "The Green Blood Group."

After that, it revealed its hack on the Dark Web, claiming to have stolen immigration records, biometric information, and other data. For ordinary Senegalese citizens and businesses, the resulting risk is substantial. 5 — The DAF didn't publicly acknowledge what had happened until after the Dark Web leak site went live, which was over two weeks after they were first informed about the breach.

The official email address listed at the bottom of the open letter was a generic Yahoo address, which further highlighted the embarrassment. Related:Chinese APTs Using sophisticated malware to hack Asian organizations The DAF announced in its letter that the production of new national ID cards would be temporarily suspended. The Senegalese public was also reassured that the "integrity" of their personal information was unaffected, although Domingo questioned this assertion.

The confidentiality of that data was the most urgent issue that DAF failed to address.