{"id":1392,"date":"2018-05-01T20:58:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T04:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2018-05-01T20:58:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T04:58:15","slug":"mozilla-statement-on-recent-reports-of-aadhaar-data-being-breached-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/2018\/05\/01\/mozilla-statement-on-recent-reports-of-aadhaar-data-being-breached-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Statement on Recent Reports of Aadhaar Data Being Breached (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Mozilla is deeply alarmed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/article\/indias-ambitious-digital-id-project-faces-new-security-nightmare\/\">recent reports<\/a> that it is possible to purchase editing rights to the Aadhaar database for a mere 2,000 rupees.<\/p>\n<p>Mozilla has long argued that the Aadhaar lacks critical safeguards. With the demographic data reportedly compromised, it is hard to see how Aadhaar can be trusted for authentication. Access to myriad vital public and private services which require Aadhaar for more than a billion Indians is now at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Mozilla calls for the UIDAI to close these glaring security loopholes, and to engage an independent firm to do a security audit of the Aadhaar. We further call on the Justice Srikrishna Committee and the Government of India to ensure that the forthcoming data protection bill strongly protects Indians, including from the privacy and security harms that they\u2019ve already suffered from Aadhaar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla is deeply alarmed by recent reports that it is possible to purchase editing rights to the Aadhaar database for a mere 2,000 rupees. 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