Aadhaar: UIDAI dismisses security breach claims as irresponsible

UIDAI said Aadhaar was like any other identity document and therefore, never to be treated as a confidential document

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has termed French security researcher Elliot Alderson’s claims as irresponsible for questioning the Aadhaar system.
 
The researcher had claimed gaining access to details of 20,000 Aadhaar cards by simply searching on the internet.
 
UIDAI sent out 11 tweets, regarding safety and security of the Aadhaar system. One of these said people were advised not to confuse with such reports, which were far from the truth and intended to spread misinformation on a robust identity system.
 
Alderson on March 10 tweeted, “I will play a game tonight: How many #Aadhaar card