Aadhaar biometrics used illegally by Axis bank,others

The Unique Identification Authority of India, also called UIDAI which is the governing body of AADHAAR has lodged a criminal complaint with the cyber cell of Delhi Police against 3 firms for illegal use of Aadhaar biometrics.

The 3 firms are Axis Bank, Mumbai-based Suvidhaa Infoserve and Bengaluru-based eMudhra. They have been served a “notice for action” under Aadhaar regulations.

UIDAI officials noticed that one individual performed multiple transactions concurrently with different user agencies — Axis, eMudhra and Suvidhaa from a single computer.

Criminal complaint lodged with Delhi cyber cell

The use of stored biometrics is a violation of the Aadhaar law and can attract a jail term of three years. Meanwhile, the authentication operation of the firms concerned has been suspended.

An UIDAI official said, “The performance of simultaneous multiple successful transactions and exact biometric match score (fingerprints in same direction and angle) in several successive transactions is not possible without use of ‘stored’ biometrics.”

With absent to insufficient security of Aadhaar biometrics, already collected and with the need for Aadhaar itself under scanner by the Supreme court, things are getting more confusing and insecure for the majority of Indians.