Compromise of National Biometric ID Card System Leads to Reverification and Change of Status

September 1, 2013

The revelation of a valid Afghan Taliban leader's ID in the Pakistani national biometric database sparked a nationwide re-verification campaign, leading to numerous changes in recognition status and service loss. This incident underscores the importance of safe and secure AI practices.

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Alleged deployer: pakistan-national-database-and-registration-authority
Alleged developer: pakistan-national-database-and-registration-authority
Alleged harmed parties: pakistani-citizens

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/196

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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