A Times of India report states that officials of the State Bank of India have alleged misuse of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) data. Bank officials informed UIDAI that logins and biometrics of their Aadhaar operators have been misused to generate unauthorised Aadhaar cards. In response, UIDAI has stuck to its age-old line that there has been no security breach and that the Aadhar data is fully secure.
You can read TOI’s detailed report here.
And don’t forget to watch the latest episode of Constitution on Privacy where we look at the ‘Function Creep’ that Aadhaar has become.