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Elliot Alderson
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Elliot Alderson

@fs0c131y

French security researcher. Worst nightmare of Oneplus, Wiko, UIDAI, Kimbho and others. Not completely schizophrenic. Not related to USANetwork. DMs open.

Joined June 2015

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    Elliot Alderson‏ @fs0c131y Jan 10

    Hi #Aadhaar 👋! Can we talk about the #BenefitsOfAadhaar for the #India population? I quickly check your #android app on the #playstore and you have some security issues...It's super easy to get the password of the local database for example...🤦‍♂️http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.gov.uidai.mAadhaarPlus …

    10:12 AM - 10 Jan 2018
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    156 replies 2,176 retweets 1,889 likes
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      2. Elliot Alderson‏ @fs0c131y Jan 10

        The #Aadhaar #android app is saving your biometric settings in a local database which is protected with a password. To generate the password they used a random number with 123456789 as seed and a hardcoded string db_password_123 🤦‍♂️pic.twitter.com/Ty7cPmOjAb

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      3. Elliot Alderson‏ @fs0c131y Jan 10

        It can be good also to remove the "developer" endpoint from the release apk...pic.twitter.com/3kNwIJUWRO

        9 replies 241 retweets 273 likes
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      4. Elliot Alderson‏ @fs0c131y Jan 10

        To be continued 😏

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      5. Elliot Alderson‏ @fs0c131y Jan 10

        cc @AndroidAuth @AndroidPolice @androidcentral @androidandme @Androidheadline @xdadevelopers @AndroidSPIN @TheHackersNews @verge @CNET @VICE @WIRED @JAMESWT_MHT @malwrhunterteam @hackerfantastic @LukasStefanko @ANDROIDPIT @FigaroTech @virqdroid @twandroid

        1 reply 18 retweets 65 likes
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      6. Elliot Alderson‏ @fs0c131y Jan 10

        @reporteric @OmarBelkaab @OtaXou @gkallenborn @LucieRonfaut @LucieRonfaut @MishaalRahman @Numerama @bviglia @SriramVSharma @zpring @stshank @campuscodi @lilyhnewman

        4 replies 6 retweets 30 likes
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      7. Elliot Alderson‏ @fs0c131y Jan 10

        Woohoo! sounds like a lot of people are interested by #Aadhaar. I know what I will do during my flight now 😁

        8 replies 56 retweets 258 likes
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      8. Elliot Alderson‏ @fs0c131y Jan 11

        A lot of people asking me how bad is the generation of the local database password in the #Aadhaar #android #app. I published a small POC here: https://github.com/fs0c131y/AadhaarDatabasePasswordPOC … If you start the application multiple times you will see that the generated password are always the samepic.twitter.com/U5TRTHiWen

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      9. Elliot Alderson‏ @fs0c131y Jan 11

        Storing data in a local database is a common practise in the #Android world. In the #Aadhaar #android app they store: - user password data (hash) - notification - Ki value - EKYC Profile Data - Biometric Prefs - Bio Lock Timeout - App Configurationpic.twitter.com/cCfaAKFVkB

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      10. Elliot Alderson‏ @fs0c131y Jan 11

        According to the official documentation, https://aadhaarapi.com/aadhaar-response-format/ …, EKYC Profile Data contains the following data: - User_Id - Aadhar_Id - Name - Dob - Gender - Address - Photo - ...pic.twitter.com/x1TI9uXXTM

        7 replies 119 retweets 111 likes
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      11. Elliot Alderson‏ @fs0c131y Jan 11

        So @UIDAI you are storing a biometric data on the local database: the photo of the user.

        15 replies 131 retweets 161 likes
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      2. Aadhaar‏Verified account @UIDAI Jan 11
        Replying to @fs0c131y

        mAadhaar uses a local db to store the user preferences on the user's device. This data is application preferences as created by user on his/her phone. The app does not capture, store or take any biometric inputs. So question of biometrics being compromised does not arise.

        8 replies 15 retweets 24 likes
      3. Elliot Alderson‏ @fs0c131y Jan 11
        Replying to @UIDAI

        Elliot Alderson Retweeted Elliot Alderson

        Hi @UIDAI, As said in this tweet, you stored the hash of the user password in the database. As the db password is identical for everybody it's easy for an attacker to get it an so compromised his account. Can you consider this and fix that? Regards,https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/951396546557435904 …

        Elliot Alderson added,

        Elliot Alderson @fs0c131y
        Storing data in a local database is a common practise in the #Android world. In the #Aadhaar #android app they store: - user password data (hash) - notification - Ki value - EKYC Profile Data - Biometric Prefs - Bio Lock Timeout - App Configuration pic.twitter.com/cCfaAKFVkB
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        6 replies 80 retweets 98 likes
      4. V. Anand | வெ. ஆனந்த்‏ @iam_anandv Jan 11
        Replying to @fs0c131y @UIDAI

        Pandeyji, please every time you hear the word *biometrics* don't send this social media handle to tweet out template responses. For god's sake, at least get a tech. guy to answer. Oi, Bot, please *shutdown*. You can't understand what Elliot is saying.

        1 reply 19 retweets 87 likes
      5. Hemant K Chitale‏ @HemantKChitale Jan 11
        Replying to @iam_anandv @fs0c131y @UIDAI

        Troy Hunt's post leads me to think that UIDAI tech is developed and managed by students and interns. This response from the twitter reinforces the view.

        1 reply 15 retweets 30 likes
      6. ಹರೀಶ್‏ @_h_a_r_i_s_h_ Jan 11
        Replying to @HemantKChitale @iam_anandv and

        Gotta agree with you on this one mate. God forbid if it's one of those "forced by parents engineer" or someone who is there coding just because he claimed a reservation seat!

        2 replies 3 retweets 23 likes
      7. Pranav Shirgur (C3x0r)‏ @C3x0r Jan 11
        Replying to @_h_a_r_i_s_h_ @HemantKChitale and

        yup reservation is a curse, which is amplified when you design the nations sorting mechanism

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      8. ಹರೀಶ್‏ @_h_a_r_i_s_h_ Jan 11
        Replying to @C3x0r @HemantKChitale and

        One has to wonder where would we as a nation be, from a scientific and technological perspective. if only we had given the meritorious folks the baton to carry us forward. Prolly we'd be a developed nation by now as opposed to still being a developing nation 🙄

        2 replies 3 retweets 5 likes
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      2. Rohit Roy Chowdhury‏ @RyChwdhryRohit Jan 10
        Replying to @fs0c131y

        Did they even bother to obfuscate the code ? Cuz the deodexed version reveals everything about the code. @fs0c131y

        2 replies 2 retweets 17 likes
      3. Elliot Alderson‏ @fs0c131y Jan 10
        Replying to @RyChwdhryRohit

        Yes they obfuscated some part of the code

        0 replies 0 retweets 17 likes
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