World’s Fastest Supercomputers Can’t Breach Aadhaar Security in a Billion Years: UIDAI CEO
Mar. 23, 2018Hackers trying to breach UIDAI security will not only need 13-foot high ladders, but also the world’s fastest computer and over 13.772 billion years to successfully accessAadhaardata, ifUIDAICEO Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey is to be believed.
Following the recent statement made by Attorney General K K Venugopal, in which he claimed that Aadhaar data remained secure in a complex that has 13 foot high and 5 foot thick walls, UIDAI CEO Pandey recentlytoldthe Supreme Court that it would take“more than the age of the universe for the fastest computer in earth, or any supercomputer, to break one key of Aadhaar encryption”.
Justice Sikri also asked Pandey why the UIDAI had blacklisted 49,000 registered operators, to which Pandey said that those operators had been de-registered for corruption, carelessness and harassment of the public. Pandey said,“Some of them used to take money from the public, others would not enter the details properly. We have a zero-tolerance policy.”
When Justice Sikri pressed further, Pandey revealed that:
“Initially we trusted these operators, but they ended up registering trees…Jamun trees.”
It’s worth noting that such “registered operators” have previously beenaccused of selling Aadhaar datafor as low as Rs. 500. A fact that Pandey carefully omitted.
Unfortunately for Indians worried aboutAadhaar and data safety, the latest comments only add to the dilemma of whether to laugh or outrage at the UIDAI.
