UIDAI may take legal action against ZDNet for Aadhar breach report

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

Tech news site ZDNet said on Sunday it stood by its report that identified a security vulnerability in data-linked to Aadhaar - India’s national identity card project, after a semi-government agency that manages the database sought to discredit the report.

ZDNet reported that a data leak on a system run by a state-owned utility company could allow access to private information of holders of the biometric “Aadhaar” ID cards, exposing their names, their unique 12-digit identity numbers, and their bank details.

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which manages the Aadhaar programme, said “there is no truth in this story,” in