Aadhaar data breach : Twitter reacts, becomes top trend for the day
Aadhaar data breach: Adhaar data, hashtags Aadhaar and Rs 500 were the top trends on Twitter with many prominent Twitter users expressing their opinion on the issue that popped out on Thursday morning. A news report published with the title, “Rs 500, 10 minutes, and you have access to billion Aadhaar details”, had reported how a service was being offered by anonymous sellers over WhatsApp that provided unrestricted access to details for any of the more than 1 billion Aadhaar numbers created in India thus far for as little as Rs 500. However, the UIDAI’s official Twitter handle denied any data breach of biometric details and said it was a case of misreporting.
“UIDAI officials in Chandigarh expressed shock over full data being accessed...” Someone tell UIDAI it needs to to stop being shocked each time there’s a breach & actually improve security if they expect us to entrust our lives to them. #Aadhaar #privacy https://t.co/PTuWUgnfBu — Maya Mirchandani (@maya206) January 4, 2018
How ₹500 is all it takes to buy you unauthorized access to the #Aadhar database: https://t.co/Q2ksbElnT7
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) January 4, 2018
ITS BREACHED! Ur #Aadhaar are for sale!! Get shocked reading this investigation done by the @thetribunechd journalist Rachna Khaira#THREAD ? https://t.co/mevtDxLcXS — James Wilson (@jamewils) January 4, 2018
Rs 500. That's all it takes for someone to steal the data of a billion citizens. Envisioned by UPA as a tool for inclusion, #Aadhaar has become an identity theft nightmare under the NDA. https://t.co/bj5AWLR9JU — Congress (@INCIndia) January 4, 2018
-PTC News‘AADHAR’ data breached yet again! As every citizen’s personal information is exposed to hackers everyday & ‘Right to Privacy’ is mocked and flouted with impunity, Modi Govt remains immune. Is anyone listening?https://t.co/UDSfOlSWv9 — Randeep S Surjewala (@rssurjewala) January 4, 2018