BENGALURU: Why did a software engineer working with a leading cab aggregator and earning Rs 42 lakh a year resort to stealing high-security Aadhaar data? On July 26, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had filed a complaint against him for allegedly stealing data of Aadhaar cardholders. All he wanted was to earn some extra money," said cybercrime sleuths.He allegedly hosted an android mobile app, Aadhaar e-KYC, on Google Playstore.Anyone downloadingclicking on the app could gain access to Aadhaar data available on the e-hospital server. What's also worrying police is the number of people who downloaded Srivastava's app. "According to his colleagues and close friends, Srivastava is capable of making phone calls using a dead SIM card.

Source: Times of India August 05, 2017 00:44 UTC