Security · Updated 25 Oct, 12:01 am IST
CBFC data breach exposed applications for over 500 film titles
Why it matters for readers: If you follow media and tech, it reveals that certification filings — not finished films — were made public and then removed.
- Documents from applications for more than 500 titles were exposed, including dozens of feature films, though no full feature films were leaked.1
- The exposed materials included shooting scripts, cut orders and other documents typically not published by the censor board.1
- The leak appears to have originated from the e-Cinepramaan portal, which digitises CBFC work.1
- The datasets were uploaded to the Internet Archive and remained downloadable for days before being removed on October 12.1
- The uploader used a display name in Russian matching former CBFC chairman Prasoon Joshi’s name; that account has since been deleted.1
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