No breach in Aadhaar database till date, govt tells Parliament

There has been no breach of Aadhaar cardholders’ data from the UIDAI database to date, the government said on Wednesday. A multi-layered security infrastructure and Aadhar’s status as a nationally protected system shield it from threats, minister of state for electronics and information technology Jitin Prasada told Parliament.

Aadhaar is the world’s largest biometric identity system with approximately 134 crore live Aadhaar holders. It has completed more than 16,000 crore authentications, Prasada said.

The minister said UIDAI has implemented a…