Law minister tells UIDAI to seek help from The Tribune, journo over Aadhaar security ‘data breach’ story
Tuesday, January 9, 2018 IST
Law and Information Technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government is committed to the freedom of press as well as maintaining security and sanctity of Aadhaar.
Law and Information Technology (IT) minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Monday to seek the cooperation of The Tribune newspaper and its journalist Rachna Khaira in investigating the security breach in Aadhaar data that they had reported on January 3.
The publication had reported last week that its journalist was able to track down people offering access to the Aadhaar data for Rs 500. On January 7, the UIDAI reportedly filed a case against the journalist and three others named in her report, leading to widespread criticism.
After his call to UIDAI chief executive officer Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the minister tweeted: “Govt is fully committed to freedom of Press as well as to maintaining security & sanctity of #
Aadhaar for India’s development. FIR is against unknown. I’ve suggested @
UIDAI to request Tribune & it’s journalist to give all assistance to police in investigating real offenders.”
An official in Prasad’s office said, “He spoke with Dr Pandey. The idea is that the freedom of the press should not be compromised and access to information should not be scuttled.”
The UIDAI responded to the tweet by saying its officials will write to the newspaper and its reporter seeking assistance.
The intervention comes when the government is working on a cyber security ecosystem and a data protection law..
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