Ever since the Indian government started giving out the 12 digit unique identity number to its residents, it has been plagued with several leaks. Here, let's look at the top five times the details of aadhaar was leaked.
JHARKHAND LEAK
The government website of Department of Women and Child & Social Security in Jharkhand published the details of over a million of pension beneficiaries in April 2017.
TELANGANA LEAK
Telangana government accidently published the Aadhar details of nearly half a million children in February 2017.
KERALA PENSION WEBSITE LEAK
Kerala Sevana Pension site mistakenly uploaded excel sheets including the Aadhaar details of pensioners for whom delivery has failed. The beneficiaries include Agricultural Labour Pension, Old Age Pension Scheme, Disability Pension Scheme.
CHANDIGARH PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION LEAK
Chandigarh Public Distribution Scheme website mistakenly discloses Aadhaar number of several beneficiaries. The backdoor was identified by a Twitter user.
KERALA SCHOLARSHIP WEBSITE LEAK
Kerala government opened a website called Egrantz to provide the grant for students belonging to SC, ST categories. Later it was noticed that the government overlooked was the security features of the website. The Aadhaar details of all the SC, ST students were openly given under a tab called ‘Student profile'.
MS DHONI DATA LEAK
The Aadhaar details of Indian cricketer MS Dhoni was accidently tweeted by an enrolment agency in March 2017. Quick fact: the picture was even retweeted by Union minister of information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad.
