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Govt makes plans to recover lost UID data
From: Erica Absetz <erica () riskbasedsecurity com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:25:56 -0400
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Govt-makes-plans-to-recover-lost-UID-data/Article1-1049415.aspx Confusion over loss of personal data of Aadhaar applicants has forced the government to revise its e-Aadhaar portal. The state's information technology department on Tuesday admitted that 'some data' (of around 1 lakh applicants) had been lost due to decryption failure and loss of laptops. This means, many applicants may have to re-enroll for the Unique Identification Number (UID) . An official from the IT department said the state government was trying to sort out the mess. “The applicants who have not received their cards will have to first verify from the e-Aadhaar portal [eaadhaar.uidai.gov.in] if their number has been generated. If it is ready, the card can be downloaded from anywhere. Applicants will have to apply again only if their number has not been generated,” he said. Government officials, however, clarified that applicants who have not received their cards shouldn't re-apply immediately. “It takes nearly four months to generate the Aadhaar card. We faced problem in the first phase [February 2012], wherein nearly 5.1 lakh cards of the 3.76 crore did not get delivered. The number is high in the second phase as well, but this doesn't mean people have to re-apply for the UID,” said the official. According to state authorities, the lost data can't be misused as it is highly encrypted. Nearly 10 cases of loss of laptops have been registered in various parts of the state. “This [loss of data and laptops] has happened across the country. The number in Maharashtra is not as high as 3 lakh as it being reported. The data of the applicants with the decryption failure will be re-attempted and reviewed,” said Rajesh Aggarwal, secretary, information technology department. _______________________________________________ Dataloss-discuss Mailing List (dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Unsubscribe at http://datalossdb.org/mailing_list Supporters: Risk Based Security (http://www.riskbasedsecurity.com/) Risk Based Security equips organizations with security intelligence, risk management services and on-demand security solutions to establish customized risk-based programs to address information security and compliance challenges. Tenable Network Security (http://www.tenable.com/) Tenable Network Security provides a suite of solutions which unify real-time vulnerability, event and compliance monitoring into a single, role-based, interface for administrators, auditors and risk managers to evaluate, communicate and report needed information for effective decision making and systems management.
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