The controversy peaked in July 2018 when RS Sharma, chairman of the telecom regulatory authority of India, dared hackers to prove there were security flaws and released his own Aadhaar number in the public domain. Among other things, the hacker claimed it was a breeze to find personal details, including addresses and bank account numbers, of Indian citizens via Aadhaar. Aadhaar, 2018: In a series of tweets, Baptise destroyed UIDAI’s claims.From the Unique Identification Authority of India number, Aadhaar, to a nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, white-hat hacks and cyber security experts have often exposed critical vulnerabilities in the tech the Indian government uses.