French researcher, Robert Baptiste, who goes by the name Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y on Twitter) has claimed to have known of a security issue with the website of Narendra Modi. The researcher reveals that, an anonymous source has uploaded a .txt(text) file containing Elliot’s name(fs0c131y) on Narendra Modi’s website in realtime. He further states that the anonymous source has a full access to the database.
Alderson asks the Prime Minister to contact him in private, adding that Modi should get a security audit done.
Alderson has been vocal regarding issues relating to cyber security over the years. He gained popularity in India for his continuous revelations of loopholes in the country’s largest biometric database, Aadhar.
Elliot Alderson, a Twitter alias inspired by the popular TV series on cyber security. A network and telecommunications engineer, he is said to develop applications for Android platform.
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