Incident #196·AI Safety & Failures
Compromise of National Biometric ID Card System Leads to Reverification and Change of Status
Explainability
Description
When the leader of the Afghan Taliban was found possessing a valid ID card in the Pakistani national biometric identification database system, Pakistan launch a national re-verification campaign that is linked to numerous changes in recognition status and loss of services.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- pakistan-national-database-and-registration-authority
Alleged Developers
- pakistan-national-database-and-registration-authority
Harmed Parties
- pakistani-citizens
Classification
Risk Domain
AI Safety & FailuresRisk Subdomain
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
MIT Risk Profile
AIUnintentionalPost-deployment
Topics
Explainability
Source
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