UIDAI denied breach or leak of Aadhaar data after a newspaper reported it bought unrestricted access to the details of over one billion Aadhaar numbers -- for just Rs 500.
"The Aadhaar data, including biometric information, is fully safe and secure," the authority said in a statement.
Subsidies totaling over Rs. 190 crore had flown into the 'unsolicited' accounts opened by Airtel Payments Bank.
The UIDAI has temporarily barred Bharti Airtel and Airtel Payments Bank from conducting Aadhaar-based SIM verification of mobile customers using eKYC process as well as e-KYC of payments bank clients.
As many as 500 missing children have been traced over the last few months through Aadhaar, the CEO of UIDAI, Ajay Bhushan Pandey, said on Friday.
Starting December 1, telecom operators will begin extending an OTP-based service for the mobile number-Aadhaar linkage following directions issued by the UIDAI to this effect.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on Monday that Aadhaar data is completely safe and secure.
The UIDAI said it had taken note of the breach and got the data removed from those websites.
More than 200 central and state government websites publicly displayed details such as names and addresses of some Aadhaar beneficiaries, the UIDAI has said.
NRIs and PIOs are not required to link bank accounts and other services with Aadhaar, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on Friday.
The government has initiated a series of measures, including allowing re-verification at subscribers' doorsteps and One Time Password (OTP) based authentication of existing users.
Several former and current UIDAI officials are launching companies or funding start-ups that offer Aadhaar-based services and products for a fee.
The reported breach does not contain any confidential data of UIDAI and has not affected any services provided by the authority, said a statement from the UIDAI.
The data is up for sale on DarkNet and could prove devastating for several organisations if it fell into wrong hands, Quick Heal said.
UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey said the top court's verdict on privacy has no bearing on the requirement for taxpayers to link their Aadhaar with PAN by month-end
UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey said that Aadhaar is a technology for people's empowerment and not a tool for exclusion or denial
About 210 websites of the central and state government departments were found to be displaying personal details and Aadhaar numbers of beneficiaries, the government informed the Parliament today.
The UIDAI is the nodal body responsible for rolling out Aadhaar, the 12-digit biometric identification number, to all residents. Aadhaar has been issued to more than 115 crore people till date.
UIDAI has refused to share information on cases of fake and duplicate Aadhaar cards, saying the disclosure might affect national security.
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chairman J Satyanarayana on Wednesday said that the Aadhar database was completely secured and immune to attacks from any kind of malware
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