Defying allegations, UIDAI states Aadhaar is safe and secure

New Delhi, March 25: Aadhaar has always been under the scrutiny scanner for the misleading allegations against it. Countering all the allegations of breach of data and fresh data leak of Aadhaar, UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) has affirmed and refuted reports about the same and claimed that Aadhaar remains safe and secure.

 

Asserting that there is “absolutely no breach” of its database, a statement was passed by UIDAI. In a statement issued, UIDAI, the Aadhaar-issuing body, said: “there is no truth in this story as there has been absolutely no breach of UIDAIs Aadhaar database. Aadhaar remains safe and secure”. It termed the data breach claims as “totally baseless, false and irresponsible”.

The statement comes after ZDNet, a technology news portal cited a security researcher’s claim to state that a system of state-owned utility firm was allegedly leaking information on Aadhaar holders.

 

UIDAI stated, “UIDAI today has refuted reports in a certain section of media sourced from the news website ZDNet which has quoted a person purportedly claiming to be a security researcher that a state-owned utility company has vulnerability which can be used to access a huge amount of Aadhaar data including banking details.”

 

The UIDAI has argued that even if the report claims were taken to be true, the security related concerns should be around the database of utility company in question. It has “nothing to do with security of UIDAIs Aadhaar database”, it said.

UIDAI argued that mere availability of Aadhaar number with a third person “will not be a security threat to the Aadhaar holder” nor will it lead to financial or other fraud. This is because a transaction is contingent upon a successful authentication through fingerprint, Iris or OTP of the Aadhaar holder.