SurveillanceHigh
Compromise of National Biometric ID Card System Leads to Reverification and Change of Status
- Occurred
- Sep 1, 2013
- Published
- Jan 2, 2021
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
When the leader of the Afghan Taliban was found possessing a valid ID card in the Pakistani national biometric identification database system, Pakistan launch a national re-verification campaign that is linked to numerous changes in recognition status and loss of services.
Developers
- Pakistan National Database and Registration Authority
Deployers
- Pakistan National Database and Registration Authority
Harmed parties
- Pakistani citizens
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: National biometric ID system compromise and mass re-verification campaign causing loss of services.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8