Explained | Gaps in Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) abused by cybercriminals
1 year, 10 months ago

Explained | Gaps in Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) abused by cybercriminals

The Hindu  

Not sharing One Time Passwords or revealing bank account details may sound like a foolproof idea to avoid falling into the trap of scammers. 📍How my mother Saving Account drain by hacker with the help of #aadharcard Here is the complete thread 👇🧵 — Pushpendra Singh May 2, 2023 In January this year, a similar incident was reported in Gurugram, Haryana, with complaint being lodged against unidentified suspects for allegedly misusing fingerprints to authenticate Aadhaar biometrics and withdrawing money from the victim’s bank account. Aadhaar-enabled Payment Services is a bank-led model which allows online financial transactions at Point-of-Sale and Micro ATMs through the business correspondent of any bank using Aadhaar authentication. Users can also lock their Aadhaar biometric information using the My Aadhaar tab on the UIDAI website. If users have not already locked their Aadhaar biometric information, they should do so immediately in case of any suspicious activity in their bank accounts.

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How to lock Aadhaar biometric online and why it is important
3 weeks, 3 days ago

How to lock Aadhaar biometric online and why it is important

India Today  

The Unique Identification Authority of India provides a biometric locking feature to protect your Aadhaar-linked biometric data, such as fingerprints, iris scans, and facial recognition, from unauthorised use. Here are different methods to lock your Aadhaar biometrics: USING THE UIDAI WEBSITE Visit the UIDAI biometric lock/unlock page. Add your Aadhaar profile by entering your Aadhaar number and verifying it with …

Aadhaar Enabled Payment System: 3 rules to protect your transactions
3 months, 1 week ago

Aadhaar Enabled Payment System: 3 rules to protect your transactions

India Today  

The Aadhaar Enabled Payment System has revolutionised digital banking, offering convenience and accessibility for financial transactions, especially in rural and remote areas. AEPS transactions rely on biometric authentication, which, if mishandled, could lead to unauthorised access. To ensure secure and hassle-free payments, it’s essential to stay vigilant and follow a few simple rules. The Aadhaar Enabled Payment System is a …

Is someone using your Aadhaar without your knowledge? Here is how to check
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Is someone using your Aadhaar without your knowledge? Here is how to check

India Today  

The Aadhaar card has become a primary identification document for Indian residents. Due to the data connected to it, there have been many incidents in the past few years where fraudsters reportedly have exploited stolen Aadhaar details for financial fraud, identity theft, or unauthorised access to services. To help people keep their Aadhaar safe and track its usage, the Unique …

Forensic Access to Aadhaar Data: Balancing Privacy and Identifying the Unknown
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Forensic Access to Aadhaar Data: Balancing Privacy and Identifying the Unknown

The Hindu  

The article discusses the limitations of the Aadhaar Act's restrictions on the disclosure of core biometric information in the context of identifying deceased individuals. It highlights the dilemma faced by law enforcement agencies when accessing fingerprint data from the Aadhaar database in cases where the body is unidentified. The article argues that providing access to fingerprint data based on a …

Bihar: Gang stole money from bank account without OTP or phone call using Aadhar
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bihar: Gang stole money from bank account without OTP or phone call using Aadhar

Op India  

The traditional methods of exploiting a One-time password and making fraudulent phone calls to take someone’s hard-earned money have given way to new forms of cyber fraud. In this case, the cybercriminals used the Aadhaar biometrics data of the victim obtained from govt land records to make transactions using the Aadhaar Enabled Payment System. #CyberFraud pic.twitter.com/jeVGqhMWmV — Pankaj Nain IPS …

How To Lock or Unlock Aadhaar Biometrics Online?
9 months, 1 week ago

How To Lock or Unlock Aadhaar Biometrics Online?

News 18  

Lock Aadhaar Biometric: Fraudsters use fake Aadhaar cards or stolen Aadhaar numbers to withdraw money from bank accounts via the Aadhaar-enabled Payment System. The Aadhaar biometric lock option is a security feature that allows Aadhaar holders to temporarily lock their biometrics from being used for authentication. Register Your Aadhaar Number Enter OTP Set 4 digit PIN Click on lock biometrics …

Lack of live authentication led to Aadhaar-enabled Payment System fraud in Karnataka
1 year, 4 months ago

Lack of live authentication led to Aadhaar-enabled Payment System fraud in Karnataka

The Hindu  

As Karnataka reported cases of fraudulent financial transactions using Aadhaar numbers and thumb impressions downloaded from the public domain recently, it has now emerged that the transactions took place over the non-live fingerprint authentication that led to multiple frauds in the Aadhaar-enabled Payment System. The modus operandi Documents were downloaded from the Kaveri system Aadhaar number and thumb impression in …

Concerned about Aadhaar security? Lock it with these steps
1 year, 5 months ago

Concerned about Aadhaar security? Lock it with these steps

Hindustan Times  

To protect your Aadhaar information and minimise the risk of fraud, it is essential to take certain measures that ensure your fingerprints and other biometric data cannot be improperly used for unauthorised authentication. Unique Identification Authority of India offers a mechanism to enhance the security of your Aadhaar number and provide control to you by locking your Aadhaar number through …

Registration Department denies biometric details leak from its end in Mangaluru
1 year, 5 months ago

Registration Department denies biometric details leak from its end in Mangaluru

The Hindu  

Ruling out changes of leakage of biometric details after registration of documents as reported by a few people to the police in Mangaluru, a senior official from the Stamps and Registration Department said that neither the Aadhaar number nor the fingerprint taken at the time of registration are stored in any server for it to be shared. The senior official …

Aadhaar is not perfect but has proven useful
1 year, 6 months ago

Aadhaar is not perfect but has proven useful

Live Mint  

Given how widely Aadhaar has been hailed as a success in biometric identification to enable policy action, the Moody’s critique of it caught many by surprise. It said the credit rating agency had made sweeping assertions against Aadhaar without citing any empirical evidence and had ignored facts about its identity verification options in suggesting that service failures were resulting in …

Aadhaar gets new data privacy features, says UIDAI DG Sumnesh Joshi
1 year, 7 months ago

Aadhaar gets new data privacy features, says UIDAI DG Sumnesh Joshi

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: The Unique Identification Authority of India has introduced new features in Aadhaar for data privacy and security. Sumnesh Joshi, Deputy Director General of the UIDAI, informed that Aadhaar will now have features such as Biometric Locking/Unlocking, Virtual Aadhaar ID, Face Authentication and Aadhaar QR Code. To explore these new features and experience the enhanced Aadhaar ecosystem, visit the official …

Aadhaar card frauds: How do you lock the biometric information to keep your data safe?
1 year, 10 months ago

Aadhaar card frauds: How do you lock the biometric information to keep your data safe?

Live Mint  

Fraudsters have found numerous ways to dupe innocent people, by stealing credit card details, hacking bank accounts, sometimes by hacking smartphones too; the latest trick in their armoury is to use aadhaar authentication. AEPS is a bank led model which allows online interoperable financial transactions at PoS through the Business Correspondent of any bank using the Aadhaar authentication. To be …

17 people arrested for cyber fraud in Bihar’s Purnia so far this year: Police
1 year, 10 months ago

17 people arrested for cyber fraud in Bihar’s Purnia so far this year: Police

Hindustan Times  

The Purnia police in Bihar have said that they have arrested 17 people and registered four separate first information reports in cyber fraud cases so far this year, which have created a new concern for them. “A month ago, a team of Haryana police visited Jalalgarh locality and arrested a person identified as Domar Vishwas and took him with them …

Andhra Pradesh: Kadapa police bust Aadhaar Enabled Payment System scam, two held
2 years, 1 month ago

Andhra Pradesh: Kadapa police bust Aadhaar Enabled Payment System scam, two held

The Hindu  

The cybercrime wing of the Kadapa police has busted a major racket involving a group who allegedly cloned fingerprints and withdrew money through Aadhaar Enabled Payment System from various bank accounts. The accused, identified as Vikas, hailing from Gorakhpur, and Akshay Yadav hailing from of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, were arrested from their home State based on the clues provided …

How to lock and unlock your biometric details in Aadhaar
2 years, 7 months ago

How to lock and unlock your biometric details in Aadhaar

Firstpost  

Aadhaar details can uniquely identify a resident of India and care must be taken to prevent any misuse. One way to secure Aadhaar details is by locking the biometric details of an Aadhaar The importance of having an Aadhaar Card is known to all. “Biometric Locking/Unlocking is a service that allows an Aadhaar holder to lock and temporarily unlock their …

No breach in Aadhaar data vault till now, must be cautious: Centre in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 8 months ago

No breach in Aadhaar data vault till now, must be cautious: Centre in Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times  

There has been no breach of Unique Identification Authority of India’s Aadhaar data vault, Union minister of electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was responding to questions raised by CPI MP Binoy Viswam on whether the Centre has considered the recent CAG report that questioned the encryption method and procedure …

Questioning the safety of Aadhaar
2 years, 10 months ago

Questioning the safety of Aadhaar

The Hindu  

The story so far: Two days after issuing an advisory asking people to refrain from sharing photocopies of their Aadhaar Card, the Unique Identification Development Authority of India opted to withdraw the notification. It stated that the action was to avert any possibility of ‘misinterpretation’ of the press release, asking people to exercise “normal prudence” in using/sharing their Aadhaar numbers. …

Aadhaar photocopy warning from UIDAI sparks row. Then a clarification
2 years, 10 months ago

Aadhaar photocopy warning from UIDAI sparks row. Then a clarification

Hindustan Times  

The central government on Sunday issued a clarification after backlash over an advisory from the Unique Identification Authority of India on sharing of Aadhar photocopy with any unlicensed private entity. Unlicensed private entities like hotels or film halls are not permitted to collect or keep copies of Aadhaar card, the release said, calling it an offence under the Aadhaar Act …

Core biometric information shall not be shared with anyone, UIDAI tells Delhi High Court
2 years, 10 months ago

Core biometric information shall not be shared with anyone, UIDAI tells Delhi High Court

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Unique Identification Authority of India informed the Delhi High Court that core biometric information collected by the authority under the Aadhaar Act shall not be shared with anyone for any reason whatsoever. UIDAI, in its affidavit filed in the high court, stated that core biometric information has been defined in Section 2 of the Aadhaar Act to mean …

Aadhaar Card Update: How to Lock, Unlock your Aadhaar Card to Prevent Bank Frauds
3 years, 5 months ago

Aadhaar Card Update: How to Lock, Unlock your Aadhaar Card to Prevent Bank Frauds

News 18  

It is not feasible to carry your Aadhaar card everywhere, as there is also a possibility of you losing it. Follow the simple steps to download the app: Step 1: Open the Google Play Store in your mobile and install mAadhaar Step 2: Allow the required permission for the mAadhaar app for download Step 3: Once, the mAadhaar gets installed …

Aadhaar authentication fee slashed to enable entities leverage its infrastructure, says UIDAI CEO
3 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar authentication fee slashed to enable entities leverage its infrastructure, says UIDAI CEO

Firstpost  

UIDAI has slashed the price for authentication by customers to Rs 3 from Rs 20 to ensure different agencies, entities be able to use the power of digital infrastructure, to provide people with ease of living with dignity, said Saurabh Garg New Delhi: Aadhaar custodian UIDAI has slashed the price for authentication by customers to Rs 3 from Rs 20 …

How to secure identity by locking, unlocking Aadhaar biometrics? Here's a guide
3 years, 8 months ago

How to secure identity by locking, unlocking Aadhaar biometrics? Here's a guide

India Today  

The Aadhaar card has become one of the most essential identity proof documents for Indian citizens and comes into play in every official work. This will help the cardholders to secure their information effectively and use the Aadhaar Card locking and unlocking facility. Steps to lock Aadhaar card biometrics: The facility allows the users to lock the Aadhaar card when …

Want to Get Your Image Changed on Aadhaar Card? Here's How to do it
4 years ago

Want to Get Your Image Changed on Aadhaar Card? Here's How to do it

News 18  

Every person living in India holds an Aadhaar card as it is one of the most important government identity proofs containing demographic and the biometric data of a person. One can know that the data and information available on the Aadhaar card can be updated or changed by visiting the UIDAI's official website or via the Aadhaar Enrolment Centre. Here …

Aadhaar as a hurdle: The Hindu Editorial on biometric authentication failures and welfare delivery
4 years ago

Aadhaar as a hurdle: The Hindu Editorial on biometric authentication failures and welfare delivery

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, did the right thing by terming as serious the allegation by a petitioner that three crore ration cards were cancelled for not being linked with the Aadhaar database and that these were connected to reported starvation deaths in some States. Following the Court’s judgment in 2018, upholding the Aadhaar programme as a reasonable restriction on …

Aadhaar leak won’t expose bank account to hacking: UIDAI
4 years, 5 months ago

Aadhaar leak won’t expose bank account to hacking: UIDAI

Live Mint  

Leaking of Aadhaar numbers will not pose any hacking threat to bank accounts, said the Unique Identification Authority of India. By just getting an Aadhaar number or its information, no one can withdraw money from a bank account. Just as by merely knowing your ATM card number, no one can withdraw money from the ATM machine; by knowing your Aadhaar …

Has Aadhaar improved welfare delivery?
5 years, 11 months ago

Has Aadhaar improved welfare delivery?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: On Aadhaar.there is no vision, only political gimmick,” tweeted Narendra Modi in 2014, just a month before he became Prime Minister. Proponents argue that Aadhaar, by providing a unique identity and allowing biometric authentication, delivers the gains to actual beneficiaries, instead of fake or duplicates, thereby cutting leakages. This includes the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme …

Stolen Aadhaar data may have been used to remove voters from electoral roll: Report
5 years, 11 months ago

Stolen Aadhaar data may have been used to remove voters from electoral roll: Report

Firstpost  

Latest investigation finds that stolen data was allegedly being used to try and remove voters from electoral rolls, Last week, IT Grids, a company hired by the Telugu Desam Party for developing its Seva Mitra app, was found to be allegedly storing data of 7.82 crore Indians from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and another 2 crores from Punjab. Now as …

IT Grids Aadhaar data leak: UIDAI’s implicit acknowledgement of a large-scale data breach will be very welcome to anti-Aadhaar activists
5 years, 11 months ago

IT Grids Aadhaar data leak: UIDAI’s implicit acknowledgement of a large-scale data breach will be very welcome to anti-Aadhaar activists

Firstpost  

The increased focus on social media and technology as an enabler for the current elections meant that it was only a matter of time before reports of misuse of data for political purposes arose. The current report of finding 7.8 crore Aadhaar data records with IT Grids Pvt Ltd, which were for use in the Seva Mitra app, however, are …

Aadhaar data leak: Details of 7.82 cr Indians from AP and Telangana found on IT Grids' database
5 years, 11 months ago

Aadhaar data leak: Details of 7.82 cr Indians from AP and Telangana found on IT Grids' database

Firstpost  

There have been around 30 FIRs that have been filed by the UIDAI since the introduction of the Aadhaar Act 2016. The Telangana State Forensic Science Laboratory discovered this during its examination of the data recovered by the Telangana police from the premises of IT Grids Pvt Ltd, on the suspicion of breach of voter ID and Aadhaar data according …

Aadhaar: Twists and turns in the biometric tale
6 years, 3 months ago

Aadhaar: Twists and turns in the biometric tale

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Aadhaar, India’s extraordinary attempt to give every citizen a biometric identity, is set for a massive revamp with new offline verification tools and non-intrusive ways for people seeking to voluntarily use the 12-digit unique number for new bank accounts and mobile connections. After twists and turns in 2018, led by the landmark Supreme Court ruling on the constitutional …

More Than 122 Cr Aadhaar Users, Don’t have Tech To Match Finger Prints Without Aadhaar Number: UIDAI tells Bombay HC [Read Petition]
6 years, 5 months ago

More Than 122 Cr Aadhaar Users, Don’t have Tech To Match Finger Prints Without Aadhaar Number: UIDAI tells Bombay HC [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Unique Identification Authority has told the Bombay High Court that they do not have the “technological architecture” to allow matching of finger prints without mentioning the Aadhaar number.Deputy Director, Mumbai, UIDAI Bhalchandra Vishnu Jichkar, gave the said instructions to BB Kulkarni, Senior Panel Standing Counsel for the Union of India in a criminal writ petition filed by. The Unique …

UIDAI asks telecom firms to submit plan to discontinue Aadhaar-based e-KYC
6 years, 6 months ago

UIDAI asks telecom firms to submit plan to discontinue Aadhaar-based e-KYC

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India has asked telecom companies to submit a detailed plan within the next 15 days on discontinuation of Aadhaar-based authentication service used by them to verify their customer. In this regard, TSPs are hereby directed to submit by 15th October, 2018 an action plan/exit plan to the authority for closure of use of …

Aadhaar, the world's largest biometric identity database, approved by India's Supreme Court
6 years, 6 months ago

Aadhaar, the world's largest biometric identity database, approved by India's Supreme Court

ABC  

India's highest court has upheld the legality of the nation's controversial biometric identity database, saying it does not violate citizens' rights to privacy. Key points: Indian residents cannot receive welfare food rations, other benefits without being entered into Aadhaar There is concern the system is vulnerable to security breaches An Indian newspaper has already bought access to data by paying …

UIDAI Aadhaar software hacked using a patch that disabled critical security: Report
6 years, 6 months ago

UIDAI Aadhaar software hacked using a patch that disabled critical security: Report

Firstpost  

UIDAI Aadhaar software used to enrol new users may have been subjected to a hack using a software patch that disables critical security features Update: The UIDAI has responded to these allegations and the copy has been updated accordingly. According to an investigation by HuffPost India, the UIDAI Aadhaar software used to enrol new users, and get them into the …

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Prof. Shamnad Basheer’s Petition Seeking Exemplary Damages For Aadhaar Data Leak [Read Petition]
6 years, 7 months ago

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Prof. Shamnad Basheer’s Petition Seeking Exemplary Damages For Aadhaar Data Leak [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a petition filed by IP Academic Prof. Shamnad Basheer alleging a violation of the fundamental right to privacy as guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution and as affirmed in Justice KS Puttaswamy v Union of India due to Aadhaar data breaches.The notice was issued by a Bench comprising Justice Ravindra …

UIDAI will now tell you about the do’s and don’ts of sharing Aadhaar
6 years, 7 months ago

UIDAI will now tell you about the do’s and don’ts of sharing Aadhaar

Live Mint  

New Delhi: After Trai Chairman RS Sharma’s Aadhaar dare ignited a debate on public display of the 12-digit number, the Unique Identification Authority of India is planning a user outreach to sensitise people about the dos and don’ts of sharing their biometric identifier. The FAQ will address nearly half a dozen queries related to the issue that has been hotly-debated …

Core biometrics under Aadhaar safe and secure, govt tells Parliament
6 years, 7 months ago

Core biometrics under Aadhaar safe and secure, govt tells Parliament

India TV News  

The Union government on Friday informed the Parliament core biometrics under Aadhaar were safe and secure. Speaking in Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the use of the unique identification mechanism has ensured savings of over Rs 90,000 crore by eliminating middlemen. Some members raised questions about reports that …

Aadhaar biometric data can't be tracked even if tried a billion times: IT minister
6 years, 8 months ago

Aadhaar biometric data can't be tracked even if tried a billion times: IT minister

Firstpost  

The Minister said that Aadhaar authorities conduct nearly one crore authentications every second. The biometric data of Aadhaar cannot be hacked even if someone tried a billion times, Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said on 15 July, while calling the data storage system “completely safe and secure”. For a population of 130 crore, India is home to …

Aadhaar biometric data 'safe' and 'secure', cannot be hacked, says Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
6 years, 8 months ago

Aadhaar biometric data 'safe' and 'secure', cannot be hacked, says Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

India TV News  

Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said that the biometric data of Aadhaar cannot be hacked even if someone tried a billion times. That is the inclusive part we have done," Prasad said, lauding the Modi government for "taking rapid steps in making India more digital". For a population of 130 crore, India is home to …

Aadhaar data can’t be used for criminal probes: UIDAI
6 years, 9 months ago

Aadhaar data can’t be used for criminal probes: UIDAI

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India on Friday reiterated that biometric data collected by it cannot be used for any purpose other than generating Aadhaar and for authenticating the identity of Aadhaar holders. The clarification by UIDAI comes after the chief of the National Crime Records Bureau, Ish Kumar, on Thursday suggested that limited access to Aadhaar data …

Aadhaar card: UIDAI postpones roll-out of facial recognition facility for authentication to August 1
6 years, 9 months ago

Aadhaar card: UIDAI postpones roll-out of facial recognition facility for authentication to August 1

India TV News  

The Aadhaar-issuing body, The Unique Identification Authority of India on Wednesday delayed the introduction of facial recognition facility for Aadhaar authentication by one month to August 1, apparently to ensure a smooth roll-out. The UIDAI had said that face authentication would be allowed "only in fusion mode" meaning along with either fingerprint or iris or OTP to verify the details …

UIDAI rubbishes reports on underground market sale of Aadhaar enrollment software
6 years, 10 months ago

UIDAI rubbishes reports on underground market sale of Aadhaar enrollment software

India TV News  

The Unique Identification Authority of India today dismissed reports of Aadhaar Enrollment Software being allegedly tampered and sold in the underground market, as totally baseless, false, misleading and irresponsible. Some of the checks include the biometric check of an operator, validity of operator, enrollment machine, enrollment agency, registrar, etc., which are verified at UIDAI’s backend system before further processing is …

Aadhaar data can be misused for election manipulation: Supreme Court
6 years, 11 months ago

Aadhaar data can be misused for election manipulation: Supreme Court

India TV News  

The Cambridge Analytica data leak controversy today found mention in the Supreme Court, which red flagged the threat of probable misuse of citizens' information by entities which were getting Aadhaar details authenticated by the UIDAI. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, hearing clutch of petitions challenging Aadhaar and enabling 2016 law, referred to the Cambridge Analytica …

India must ensure privacy of biometric info: IMF on Aadhaar
6 years, 11 months ago

India must ensure privacy of biometric info: IMF on Aadhaar

India TV News  

The International Monetary Fund has cautioned that India should take necessary steps while implementing universal identification programmes like Aadhaar to ensure privacy and security controls. Identifying India as a leader in the biometric identification system, the IMF in its fiscal monitor report on digital governance released here on Thursday said digitalisation can facilitate stronger governance, fiscal transparency and better scrutiny …

Biometric data no violation of rights: Centre to Supreme Court
6 years, 11 months ago

Biometric data no violation of rights: Centre to Supreme Court

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Collection of biometric and demographic data including fingerprints under the Aadhaar identity programme does not violate the right to privacy of an individual, the Centre asserted in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Venugopal made this assertion before a five judge Constitution bench hearing a batch of petitions challenging the legal validity of Aadhaar law. He said the Aadhaar …

Aadhaar Final Hearing [Day 23]: AG Discusses Responses To Questionnaire On Powerpoint Presentation
6 years, 11 months ago

Aadhaar Final Hearing [Day 23]: AG Discusses Responses To Questionnaire On Powerpoint Presentation

Live Law  

With the PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, UIDAI CEO, on the technical and security aspects of the Aadhaar project having concluded last week, Attorney General KK Venugopal on Tuesday, Day 23 of the Aadhaar final hearing, discussed the responses to the questionnaire submitted by the petitioners in context of the presentation.Following are the key takeaways from the. With …

Aadhaar Final Hearing [Day 23]: AG Discusses Responses To Questionnaire On Powerpoint Presentation
6 years, 11 months ago

Aadhaar Final Hearing [Day 23]: AG Discusses Responses To Questionnaire On Powerpoint Presentation

Live Law  

With the PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, UIDAI CEO, on the technical and security aspects of the Aadhaar project having concluded last week, Attorney General KK Venugopal on Tuesday, Day 23 of the Aadhaar final hearing, discussed the responses to the questionnaire submitted by the petitioners in context of the presentation.Following are the key takeaways from the. With …

How safe is your Aadhaar data?
7 years ago

How safe is your Aadhaar data?

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai :The state governments vested with the role of collecting personal details from public for Aadhaar purpose had failed to understand the seriousness of data leak and most of the outsourced portals and websites that deal with Aadhaar, lack adequate cyber security measures, making Aadhaar data vulnerable for the data breach, opines J. Prasanna, cyber security expert, cyber security and …

Aadhaar security lapse could allow major chunk of information to be stolen, says data security expert
7 years ago

Aadhaar security lapse could allow major chunk of information to be stolen, says data security expert

Firstpost  

“The UIDAI’s response, when we approached them a month ahead of the story, notifying them of the vulnerable endpoint, was to do nothing.” By Alison Saldanah For the second time in the first three months of 2018, the vulnerabilities of the Aadhaar programme — the world’s largest biometric database — were exposed when American business technology website ZDNet reported on …

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