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UIDAI assures Aadhaar data safe after security threat | Cyberops

UIDAI Assures Aadhaar Data Safe after Security Threat

By Prempal Singh 0 Comment October 23, 2017

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday refused there has been a security breach of the database, following reports that data of some 6,000 Indian businesses and government agencies was for sale on Internet. The reported breach “does not contain any confidential data of UIDAI and has not afflicted any services provided by the authority”, said a statement from the UIDAI, a lawful authority collecting and keeping the world’s most significant|major biometric ID system.

Over 117 crore Indians were believed to have enrolled for Aadhaar till August 14 this season for direct transfer of economic benefits and other subsidies and services by the government. “The UIDAI constantly strengthens and reviews the infrastructure and ecosystems in line with the best international security practices and technological standards and also have multi-layered security and privacy factors built into the primary strategy of Aadhaar with three basic doctrines of minimal information, optimal lack of knowledge and federated database which give higher level of security, ” the declaration said.

The statement comes after global IT security firm Quick Heal’s Business Security brand Seqrite uncovered an advertisement on DarkNet forum that claims to have access to data of over 6,500 Indian businesses that include Internet Service Providers (ISPs), some key government firms, banks and enterprises. Seqrite Cyber Intelligence Labs, along with its partner seQtree InfoServices, tracked the advertisements by an unknown hacker who priced the information at 15 Bitcoins (nearly Rs 42 lakh).

The organisations whose services were said to be at risk were UIDAI, Thought Telecom, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Flipkart, DRDO, Aircel, Reserve Bank of India, BSNL, SBI, TCS, ISRO, ICICI Prudential Mutual Account, VMWare, Employees’ Provident Account Organisation and various American indian state government portals. The UIDAI, however, said completely robust security controls and protocols to counter any attempts or malicious varieties of data breach or cracking.

Security of Aadhaar features critical importance to the government and the UIDAI has given it paramount value.”

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