Chinese hardware raises biometric data security concerns in India, Scotland

Computer chips and cameras from China have sparked fresh data security worries two continents.

Indian security officials have been probing likely data breaches from the use of biometric attendance devices deployed by thousands of government institutions across the country.

This comes after intelligence authorities became aware that the machines, supplied by over ten Indian firms, are embedded with microchips and hardware of Chinese origin, India Today reports.

The microchips are suspected to be a conduit for data leaks from …

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