u.s. office of personnel management issued the following statement it reads in part. all records indicate that your fingerprints were likely compromised during a cyber intrusion 5600000 people were affected. in the philippines in 2016 hackers broke into an official voter database where fingerprints were stored. 50000000 people were affected. in india last year there was a security breach in the government's biometric identification system known as. 1.2000000000 people were affected. india is the world leader in the use of biometric authentication all citizens are required to submit data for a high tech government passport. people already use that document to register for pensions and benefits if they can't provide identification with an iris image or a fingerprint they can't access the system or their benefits. last year the government effectively issued a cybercrime alert. dechen large enormous shown in cyber crimes and cyber the question of cyber security one of the see these issues arising in advance economies like american. indians biometric databases have been re