Last week, a geopolitics-focused publication reported that data in India’s Aadhaar, the world’s largest biometric ID system, may have been compromised by UIDAI’s tech provider, Cross Match Technologies. WikiLeaks is alleging that the CIA is using technology developed by the provider called ExpressLane, which was reported...
India — Last Sunday, Ola technologies founder Abhinav Srivastava conducted a demo on how easy it is to steal Aadhaar information from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) database. Srivastava was jailed last week for stealing the said information. In the demo, he revealed that...
India — News last Friday reported that it's almost impossible to monitor citizens with the Aadhaar, in a statement made by The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to the Indian Supreme Court. The UIDAI assured the court that regulations were set in place to...
India — A new data security and empowerment policy is being proposed by Infosys founder and former chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Nandan Nilekani. The new law aims to give users control over their information, allowing them to retrieve stored data in ISPs....
Authorities were informed last Wednesday that roughly 210 websites involving state and central government offices have posted information exposing names, addresses, and numbers of Aadhaar beneficiaries. According to Minister of State for Electronics and IT PP Chaudhary, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has attended...