BENGALURU: Abhinav Srivastava, prime accused in the Aadhaar data theft case, stunned investigators on Saturday with a six-hour demonstration explaining the shortcuts he used to hack into websites.He disclosed the modus operandi he used to hack into the government website to access Aadhaar data. "He said the absence of Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) from the URL helped him hack into the e-hospital website. Anyone clicking on it could gain access to Aadhaar data available on the server. "I developed the app giving out e-KYC details, thinking it would help the common man access Aadhaar information. CCB police sent the four laptops and one hard disk they seized from Srivastava's residence to the forensic science laboratory.

Source: Times of India August 05, 2017 22:20 UTC