The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) restricted the access of all designated officials — numbering about 5,000 — to the Aadhaar portal after a January 4 newspaper report said demographic details of those enrolled in the system were available for as little as Rs 500. The price mentioned above was enough to get an administrator-level login ID and password, The Tribune newspaper report had said. The newspaper report had alleged there were about 100,000 illegal users and that the unauthorised breaches may have started six months ago.
— source economictimes.indiatimes.com