Aadhaar Data Breach

Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada said no incident of data compromise involving the core UIDAI database had been reported so far

Data Protection Board of India could play an essential role in bringing about regulatory agility and striking the right balance between regulation and innovation in a data-dependent digital economy

The EPFO has shut down the website, urging the CSC to secure the confidential data of employees

UIDAI accepted in Aadhaar case that there was no Supreme court order to make it compulsory to link Aadhaar with mobile phone number. Find latest news on Aadhaar data breach and privacy issues

In last seven years, not a single breach of biometric details has taken place, said UIDAI CEO

ZDNet reported that a data leak on a system run by a state-owned utility company could allow access to private information of Aadhaar holders

The new two-layer security for Aadhaar addresses security concerns

This was done to address privacy concerns after a news report claimed a breach in the Aadhaar database

The FIR mentions the names of the journalist and the people the reporter reached out to purchase the Aadhaar data

The Aadhaar issuing body said that it took note of the breach and got the data removed from those websites

WikiLeaks has hinted that CIA had allegedly accessed the Aadhaar database