(MENAFN- NewsBytes) The Aadhaar details of over one million people have been leaked by a website maintained by the Jharkhand Directorate of Social Security. They said the issue was due to a programming error.
Personal details of 1.6 million beneficiaries of Jharkhand's pension scheme were made publicly available. 1.4 million had even seeded their bank accounts.
The breach comes amidst growing opposition to the Aadhaar scheme.
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The UIDAI had begun cracking down on fraudulent firms and websites which claimed to provide Aadhaar services. These included 26 websites and apps too.
In addition, Axis Bank, Mumbai-based Suvidha Infoserve and Bengaluru based e-Mudhra are in the dock for impersonation by using stored Aadhaar biometrics.
Aadhaar linked details of MS Dhoni were also recently leaked, leading to more concerns.
Fact: Several firms already blacklisted by UIDAI
Several firms have already been blacklisted by the UIDAI for publishing Aadhaar details. Publishing details of Aadhaar databases is a punishable offence under Section 29 (4) of the Aadhaar Act.
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The Aadhaar details of over one million people have been leaked by a website maintained by the Jharkhand Directorate of Social Security. They said the issue was due to a programming error.
Personal details of 1.6 million beneficiaries of Jharkhand's pension scheme were made publicly available. 1.4 million had even seeded their bank accounts.
The breach comes amidst growing opposition to the Aadhaar scheme.
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Though the data is freely available online, authorities from Jharkhand seem least concerned by the breach.
According to their statements to the media, authorities knew of the breach for several days before it was reported.
They said "We got to know about it this week itself. Our programmers are working on it, and the matter should be addressed very soon."
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