Aadhaar: World's largest ID database exposed by India government errors

Aadhaar: World’s largest ID database exposed by India government errors

India’s government counts on high-tech encryption, multi-layered authentication, and even 13-feet high walls to protect the world’s largest biometric database.

But there’s no measure that prevents careless officials at government agencies from publishing the sensitive information online, exposing citizens to fraudsters and data misuse. The official website boasting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to connect all Indian villages with electricity published several residents’ ‘Aadhaar’ — a unique 12-digit number along with identity and demographic details — as seen by Bloomberg last month. Access to data on the portal, including the names of villages residents’ identity details and their photographs, was later blocked.

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