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New Delhi : Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has taken advance action by closing the server and host service through Common Service Centres (CSCs) pending vulnerability checks as part of the data security and protection. The EPFO has been taking all necessary precautions and measures to ensure that no data leakage takes place.
With regard to the news item being circulated on the social media platform that there has been vulnerabilities in the EPFO data, a letter has been written to the Chief Executive Officer, Common Service Centre (CSC), to plug such vulnerabilities.
In this regard, it is informed that warnings regarding vulnerabilities in data or software is a routine administrative process based on which the services which were rendered through Common Service Centres have been discontinued with effect from March 22, 2018.
The news is relating to the services through common service centres not about EPFO Software or data centre. No confirmed data leakage has been established or observed so far, according to a PIB release. As such, there is nothing to be concerned about the news item. EPFOis continuously monitoring and will continue to be vigilant about it in future.