Centre Blocks Some Websites Exposing Aadhaar, Pan Details
Delhi/Hyderabad, Sept 27 (Maxim News): The Central government has blocked some websites that were exposing sensitive personal identifiable information (PII), including Aadhaar and PAN card details of Indian citizens.
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The IT Ministry was made aware that some portals were exposing sensitive data of people.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) lodged a complaint with the police authorities concerned for violation of the prohibition under section 29(4) of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 on public display of Aadhaar information.
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According to Meit Y, the analysis of these websites by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) revealed some security flaws in these websites.
The concerned website owners were guided on the actions to be taken at their end to improve the ICT infrastructures and fix the vulnerabilities. (Maxim News)
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