Alexandru-Ionuț Panait
Alexandru-Ionuț Panait | |
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| CEO AIPSS Founder e-PrimariaTa | |
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| Born | 14 September 1995 Piatra Neamt, Neamt, Romanian |
| Citizenship |  Romania |
Alexandru-Ionuț Panait (born 14 September 1995, Piatra Neamț, Neamț, Romania), is a Romanian computer scientist, innovator and entrepreneur in Cyber Security and Blockchain technologies, being titled by Toader Paun as a man of millions at EuropaFM in the interview.[1] given to him. Alexandru is known in Romania for the technology projects he develops, but especially for the vulnerability[2][3][4][5] which he identified in the SNEP(National Electronic Payment System) through the Ghiseul.ro interface, and in the world for the research and innovation carried out on the Government Blockchain within the NGI (Next Generation Internet) Explorers where he obtained a grant for researching Government Blockchain Technologies.
Biography[edit]
Public Administration[edit]
Alexandru has been active in the Public Administration area since 2019 and is one of the most well-known voices of young people in Romania who campaign for the digitalization of Romania. Through the e-PrimariaTa, Alexandru standardized and digitized the interaction with several hundred mayors in Romania[6][7]. It is concerned with the economic and procedural efficiency[8] of the entire administrative apparatus.
Blockchain[edit]
In 2017 Alexandru Budisteanu together with Alexandru Panait develops WebDollar, being the first Blockchain technology developed by a team of Romanians[9][10][11][12]. WebDollar is a fully native cryptocurrency for the Browser, written in JavaScript with a NiPoPoW (Non-Interactive Proofs of Proof-of-Work) consensus mechanism.
Cyber Security[edit]
In 2021, the Romanian Government Institutions, CERT-RO (National Cyber Security Incident Response Center) in partnership with ADR (Romania's Digitalization Agenda) eliminated[13] a substantial cybersecurity vulnerability of the SNEP (National Electronic Payment System), so as they mention in the official article[3] on the incident. The whole operation is carried out based on a notification made by Alexandru Panait to CERT-RO.
Alexandru claims that the CNPs of the property owners could be obtained from all the institutions enrolled in the national system, the addresses where the citizens live, but especially data about the goods they own. By exploiting this vulnerability, the data mentioned above could be extracted from 15-19 million Romanians[14]
Notes[edit]
- On April 9, 2021, based on a notification made by Alexandru Panait, Romanian Government Institutions, CERT-RO (National Center for Response to Cyber Security Incidents) in partnership with ADR (Agenda for the Digitization of Romania) eliminates a substantial problem of computer security of the system SNEP, as they mention in the article[3] on the incident.
References[edit]
- ↑ EuropaFM - People of millions: Alexandru Panait, the programmer who found the security breach that could have affected the data of millions of Romanians , 24 Aprilie 2021
- ↑ Universul - Security breach at online tax platform that could have leaked ‘data of millions of Romanians’ caught by cyber security researcher. 20 April 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 CERT-RO & ADR - Cyber Security Partnership. 9 April 2021
- ↑ HotNews - Security breach at Ghișeul.ro, which could have affected the data of millions of Romanians, discovered by a young cybersecurity researcher: The vulnerability has been eliminated. 9 April 2021
- ↑ Adevărul - How a 25-year-old man discovered a major security breach at Ghișeul.ro that could have affected the personal data of millions of Romanians. 09 April 2021
- ↑ Forbes - Alexandru Panait the developer of the application E-primariaTa.ro, the application that digitizes all 312 town halls of Romania 19 November 2020
- ↑ Adevărul - How Alexandru Panait, the young man who digitized over 500 town halls in Romania, explains his success. 4 April 2021
- ↑ Ziarul Financiar - Alexandru Panait, CEO of AI Professional Software Solutions: "Considering that about 10% of Romania's population works in the public administration system, and about 7% of GDP goes to their salaries, it is clear that these resources can be reorganized, reinterpreted and put in the market much more efficiently."".16 December 2020
- ↑ Digi24 - The first Romanian virtual currency. 15 Ianuarie 2018
- ↑ Capital - Ionuț Budișteanu and Alexandru Panait launch WebDollar, the first Romanian digital currency that can be mined directly in the browser 15 March 2019
- ↑ Capital - WebDollar, the first Romanian digital currency, was launched 05 January 2018
- ↑ PlayTech - The first Romanian Bitcoin currency will be launched soon. 05 January 2018
- ↑ PlayTech - Ghiseul.ro, vulnerable to hackers: the platform has the data of millions of Romanians. How was the problem discovered?. 09 April 2021
- ↑ Digi24 - Alexandru Panait | Ghiseul.ro security breach. 12 April 2021
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