-The Hindu Bengaluru: Aadhaar, an identity number issued to all Indians based on their biometric and demographic data, faces a potential threat from cyber criminals which can cripple the economy, according to a white paper done by the Institute for Development and Research in Banking, which is affiliated to the Reserve Bank of India. “Thanks to Aadhaar, for the first time in the history of India, there is now a readily...
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'Open-ended' FIR filed in Aadhaar leak case
-The Times of India NEW DELHI/ JALANDHAR: Delhi Police has registered an "open-ended" FIR in connection with the alleged leak of Aadhaar data for a fee. The FIR has been lodged on the complaint of a senior UIDAI official under Sections 36 and 37 of the Aadhaar Act, apart from Indian Penal Code sections on cheating, forgery and impersonation, and Section 66 of the Information Technology Act. On January 3, a report...
More »Aadhaar whistleblower who first called UIDAI -Rachna Khaira
-The Tribune Village-Level Entrepreneur reported data theft to authority, no one took heed Jalandhar: Thirty-two-year-old Bharat Bhushan Gupta is the man who reported the matter of illegitimate Aadhaar data access to The Tribune, which was followed up by the paper with an investigation of its own, aided by this whistleblower. However, he had first attempted to take an even more appropriate channel, approaching the UIDAI. The Jalandhar-based Village-Level Entrepreneur (VLE) was on December...
More »Nursery admissions: 10 days before deadline, parents worry about children's Aadhaar
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With just 10 days for the deadline to submit the registration forms for admission to nursery classes, the parents are a worried lot, fretful about whether their children's Aadhaar cards will be delivered in time for the process. While the Directorate of Education has said the Aadhaar cards of the parents are sufficient to prove identity, several schools are demanding the child's card too. It was...
More »UIDAI's Defensive Stance on Aadhaar Security Breaches Isn't Helping Anybody but the Government -Srinivas Kodali
-TheWire.in The biometric identification agency and the government need to start listening to those who are pointing out critical flaws instead of issuing blanket denials and template answers. It is no surprise that the latest data and security breach surrounding the Aadhaar biometric programme has been selectively denied by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the government of India and the Bharatiya Janata Party. All three have slammed news reports, calling it...
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