A day after TRAI chairman Ram Sewak Sharma's details went viral on social media after his Twitter dare that was accompanied by his Aadhaar number, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Sunday strongly dismissed the claims that he was 'hacked'. The alternate explanation: Sharma's information was already available in the public domain as he was a public servant for decades and was 'easily available' on Google.
UIDAI said that Aadhaar has built 'digital trust' among people at large and these 'devious elements' are trying to spread misinformation. They said that the Aadhaar database was 'safe', and its 'robustness' had been proven over the last eight years.
The statement said: "They (Twitter users) boasted that they had got Shri Sharma's personal details by hacking the Aadhaar database. This so-called claim, UIDAI said, is a farce and people should not believe such fraudulent elements active on social and other media."
Aadhaar database is fully safe and secure and no such information about Mr Sharma has been fetched from UIDAI's severs or Aadhaar database. This is merely cheap publicity by these unscrupulous elements who try to attract attention by creating such fake news."
They added: "For example, Mr Sharma's mobile number is available on NIC website as he was once Secretary IT, Government of India. His date of birth is available in the Civil List of IAS Officers which is kept in public domain and his address is on TRAI Website because he is TRAI Chairman. Similarly, his email id may be available in public domain. They clubbed all these inputs and claimed that they have managed to breach Aadhaar database and got his personal details, which is completely false."
UIDAI added that people gave PAN and mobile numbers at many places, and that people could pick up personal data from different websites if one gets to know a person's PAN/mobile number.
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The alternate explanation: Sharma’s information was already available in the public domain as he was a public servant for decades and was ‘easily available’ on Google
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