The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) seems terribly confused about whether the Aadhaar database has been breached or not.

On Friday, their response to The Tribune story was, “UIDAI assured that there has not been any Aadhaar data breach. The Aadhaar data including biometric information is fully safe and secure.”

And then the UIDAI filed an FIR against The Tribune, which claimed that unauthorised persons including The Tribune’s reporter Rachna Khaira “have unauthorisedly accessed the Aadhaar ecosystem in connivance of the criminal conspiracy.”