NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on Sunday that says about TRAI chairman R S Sharma's Aadhaar number leading to "hacking" of details about his deal with, PAN, date of delivery, cell number and electronic mail used to be unsuitable as these were easily available within the public domain.
"This is a motivated attempt to malign UIDAI, whose servers remain secure and reliable. Aadhaar database is totally safe and has proven its security robustness over last eight years," it said.
The rationalization follows Sharma's "dare" through which he posted his Aadhaar number on social media and asked if it can be used to harm him. This led to a few Twitter handles posting details about him that used to be said to been connected to his Aadhaar number.
"This so-called 'hacked' information was already available in public domain as he has been a public servant for decades and was easily available on Google and various other sites without Aadhaar number," UIDAI said.
UIDAI said his cell number used to be available on NIC website online as he used to be as soon as secretary, information and generation. His date of delivery used to be available within the civil list of IAS officers kept in public domain and his deal with used to be on the TRAI website online as he is TRAI chairman.
Similarly, his electronic mail ID could also be available in public domain. "These inputs were clubbed and a claim was made to breach Aadhaar database which is completely false. The challenge of an emerging digital world and personal data protection has been sought to be addressed in the recommendations submitted by the Justice Srikrishna Committee," UIDAI said.
"This is a motivated attempt to malign UIDAI, whose servers remain secure and reliable. Aadhaar database is totally safe and has proven its security robustness over last eight years," it said.
The rationalization follows Sharma's "dare" through which he posted his Aadhaar number on social media and asked if it can be used to harm him. This led to a few Twitter handles posting details about him that used to be said to been connected to his Aadhaar number.
"This so-called 'hacked' information was already available in public domain as he has been a public servant for decades and was easily available on Google and various other sites without Aadhaar number," UIDAI said.
UIDAI said his cell number used to be available on NIC website online as he used to be as soon as secretary, information and generation. His date of delivery used to be available within the civil list of IAS officers kept in public domain and his deal with used to be on the TRAI website online as he is TRAI chairman.
Similarly, his electronic mail ID could also be available in public domain. "These inputs were clubbed and a claim was made to breach Aadhaar database which is completely false. The challenge of an emerging digital world and personal data protection has been sought to be addressed in the recommendations submitted by the Justice Srikrishna Committee," UIDAI said.
UIDAI denies TRAI chief's info hacked via his Aadhaar number
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