Aadhar Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

In this May 16, 2012 file photo, an operator helps an elderly woman scan her fingerprints as she enrolls for Aadhar, India's unique identification project in Kolkata, India. The country's leading English-language daily, The Tribune, published an article exposing a possible vulnerability in the system. (AP/Bikas Das)

Police file complaint against journalist and newspaper following data breach exposé

January 9, 2018 3:27 PM EST

New Delhi, January 9, 2018–Indian authorities on January 5 filed a criminal complaint against the English-language daily The Tribune and its reporter Rachna Khaira, a day after the paper published Khaira’s report exposing a possible vulnerability in the country’s vast national identity system, according to news reports.