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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 2: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday issued an advisory for taking precautionary measures in registration of births and deaths to avoid misuse of online portal credentials i.e User ID and password.
The government official said the advisory has been forwarded to all registrars of states and UTs of the country asking for taking precautionary measures in registration of birth and deaths in order to avoid misuse of online portal credentials i.e User ID and password.
In the advisory, the state governments and administrators have been asked to issue necessary instructions to all the registration authorities not to share password with any person, periodically change the password and update the credentials in the existing portal and software developed for online registration of birth and death, said the official.
He said the advisory has been shared with Additional Director General of Police, Jammu Zone and IGP Kashmir by PHQ for necessary action at the desired levels.
The advisory said it has come to the notice that some unauthorized persons, by misusing Login ID/Passwords, have issued fake birth and death certificates in a few cases through online portals and websites.
“Also few instances have been reported that existing portals and software developed for online registration of birth and death have come under phishing attack”, it reads.
Fake portals and websites have been designed with the aim to steal and misuse user and login ID and password for issuance of fake birth and death certificates, it read adding, “Consequently, some criminal cases have been registered by the concerned registration authorities.”
The advisory further reads that in view of these facts, any such matter, if reported or otherwise may be taken up with the concerned authority to conduct a proper inquiry and take appropriate action required under the law.
Furthermore, all registrars have been asked to direct the registration authorities to exercise due diligence while accessing the existing portal/software and ensure that they enter the complete and correct Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the website and portal, it read adding, “it has also stressed for sensitizing the general public at large about the URL of the official website of births and deaths registration through necessary publicity measures.” |
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