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The bugs were fixed last week through an intervention by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT-In.

The Rajasthan state government website recently came under scrutiny after it was discovered that the Jan Aadhaar details of millions of people were

The bugs allowed anyone to dig through Aadhaar details and information like income statement, electricity bill and more of those enrolled in the Rajasthan state government's Jan Aadhaar programme.

A state government in India has successfully addressed security vulnerabilities on its website, ensuring the protection of sensitive documents and personal information belonging to millions of residents. There were some issues found on the Rajasthan government website that pertained to Jan Aadhaar, a state program aimed at providing a unique identifier to families and individuals …

The aadhaar card is a 12-digit unique identification number that can be obtained by citizens of India and foreign nationals who spend more than 182 days in India.  

MeitY (The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) is an executive body of the Union Government of the Republic of India.

Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha

“The mask Aadhaar option allows you to mask your Aadhaar number in your downloaded e-Aadhaar. Masked Aadhaar number implies replacing of first 8 digits of Aadhaar number with some characters like “xxxx-xxxx” while only last 4 digits of the Aadhaar Number are visible,” said the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on their website.

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