{"id":84583,"date":"2017-05-19T15:20:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T09:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=84583"},"modified":"2017-05-19T15:20:33","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T09:50:33","slug":"13-crore-aadhar-details-leaked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/13-crore-aadhar-details-leaked\/","title":{"rendered":"13 crore Aadhar details leaked ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI has asked research firm Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) to explain its sensational claim that 13 crore Aadhaar numbers were \u201cleaked\u201d and provide details of servers where they are stored.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a precursor to initiating a probe into the matter, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) also wants CIS to clarify just how much of such \u201csensitive data\u201d are still with it or anyone else.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UIDAI &#8212; which has vehemently denied any breach of its database &#8212; shot off a letter to CIS yesterday asking for the details, including the servers where the downloaded \u201csensitive data\u201d are residing and information about usage or sharing of such data.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Underscoring the importance of bringing to justice those involved in \u201chacking such sensitive information\u201d, the UIDAI sought CIS\u2019 \u201cassistance\u201d in this regard and has given it time till May 30 to revert on the issue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYour report mentions 13 crore people\u2019s data have been leaked. Please specify how much (of) this data have been downloaded by you or are in your possession, or in the possession of any other persons that you know,\u201d the UIDAI said in its communication to CIS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71631\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ajmer-district-panchayat-elections_01811320-0007-11e7-abb0-ce03674c2ba4.jpg\" alt=\"Aadhar not a must says SC\" width=\"870\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ajmer-district-panchayat-elections_01811320-0007-11e7-abb0-ce03674c2ba4.jpg 870w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ajmer-district-panchayat-elections_01811320-0007-11e7-abb0-ce03674c2ba4-768x388.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interestingly, in what market watchers described as an apparent flip-flop, CIS has now clarified that there was no leak\u2019 or \u2018breach\u2019 of Aadhaar numbers, but rather \u2018public disclosure\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the UIDAI has quoted sections of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the Aadhaar Act to emphasise that violation of the clauses are punishable with rigorous imprisonment of up to 10 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhile your report suggests that there is a need to strengthen IT security of the government websites, it is also important that persons involved in hacking such sensitive information are brought to justice for which your assistance is required under the law,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI has asked research firm Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) to explain its sensational claim that 13 crore Aadhaar numbers were \u201cleaked\u201d and provide details of servers where they are stored. In a precursor to initiating a probe into the matter, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) also wants CIS to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[43651,43653,20758,43652],"class_list":["post-84583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politicalnews","category-top-stories","tag-13-crore-aadhar-details-leaked","tag-centre-for-internet-and-society","tag-hacking","tag-uidai"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/aadar.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}