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Govt says no Aadhaar data leak from UIDAI but bank details made public at times

There has been no incident of data breach or hacking so far in respect to Aadhaar Data and Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR), says Minister of State for Electronics PP Chaudhary.

July 28, 2017 / 14:31 IST
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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.

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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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