Minister of State for Electronics PP Chaudhary on Wednesday said that there have been instances where sensitive data such as bank account details collected by several ministries/state government departments for their welfare schemes have reportedly been published online.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Chaudhary said that data theft is possible if assets are not secured properly but there has been no incident of data breach or hacking so far in respect to Aadhaar Data and Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR), when he was asked whether data breaches and hacking is a regular phenomenon witnessed by the information technology department.
Last week, around 210 websites of the central and state government departments were reported to have displayed personal details and Aadhaar numbers of many beneficiaries.
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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had taken note of the incident and removed the personal details from the said websites.
Below is the complete reply of PP Chaudhary on the matter.Lok Sabha Answer On Aadhaar by Moneycontrol News on Scribd
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