Aadhaar privacy row: Enough data to clone digital identity of somebody else

India still doesn't have a data privacy law and it's evident that this govt has no real intention of legislating any such law

There is probably no truth to rumours that Chinese and Pakistani cybercriminals have hacked India’s government servers. Why would they bother? All the data is available, more or less for the asking.  

The Aadhaar database has been not only compromised; it has been commoditised to the point where the entire billion-plus set is available for paltry sums. People mould fake rubber fingerprints when they want to impersonate somebody.

The Employees Provident Fund database of some 80 million-odd accounts, complete with PAN, date of birth and individual EPF contributions, has also been made freely available with the apparent blessings of the NITI Aayog