The massive data breach by a Hyderabad based firm IT Grids India Pvt Ltd with help from Andhra Pradesh government has created outrage among citizens of the residuary Telugu state. The topic has caught Twitter by storm and netizens are venting out their ire over their personal data including Aadhaar card and bank details being comrpomised and leaked to unknown people. The ruling TDP government, particularly Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and IT minister Nara Lokesh are at the receiving end for their brazen act which flies in the face of Constitutional propriety. Data breach is a serious offence and the involvement of ministers, government officials and private entities could attract penal provisions of the IPC.

Here are the tweets...

Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh thinks that the educated public are so ignorant about the matter that he claims that the party has the right to curate the data in question. A quick response by a Twitter user nailed his half-baked lie.

Here's what Lokesh tweeted and the response it evoked...

The fact is TDP stole personal data of citizens. The #ElectionCommission needs to step in and put facts on record https://t.co/v5DUEVlbkf
— Srinivas Kodali (@digitaldutta) March 3, 2019

Transparency and Accountability are the words often used by the @ncbn every time he talk about governance. How unethical and undemocratic is the act of using the govt owned private data to manipulate the voters. @JaiTDP always does this kind of shameless acts #ITGRIDS,
— Sri Krishna Devarayalu (@DevarayaluSri) March 3, 2019

#ITGrids case going to be BIGGER...
— మంచు శిఖరం!!! (@legend_celeb) March 3, 2019

.@cyberabadpolice will be writing to @UIDAI #ElectionCommission for more details in connection with the alleged data theft by #itgrids and #Sevamitra mobile app, that promotes @JaiTDP #Hyderabad #Telangana #Andhrapradesh #2019Election @NewIndianXpress
— Pinto Deepak_TNIE (@PintoDeepak1) March 4, 2019

Around 50 #criminalcase have already been registered at various police stations across #Andhrapradesh in connection with the deletion of #voters from electoral rolls- @cyberabadpolice @NewIndianXpress #Hyderabad #itgrids
— Pinto Deepak_TNIE (@PintoDeepak1) March 4, 2019

Notices have already been served to @awscloud in connection with the alleged #datatheft by #itgrids and #Sevamitra mobile app of @JaiTDP @cyberabadpolice #Andhrapradesh #Hyderabad #Telangana @NewIndianXpress
— Pinto Deepak_TNIE (@PintoDeepak1) March 4, 2019

It's more serious than Cambridge Analytica case , here unauthorized bogus applications from voters being uploaded with help of #ITgrids to delete genuine voters whom #TDP feels won't vote for them
— MediaScan for Current Affairs (@HydWatch) March 4, 2019

Breach of Personal DATA(UIDAI) of AP people to influence voters and to Remove votes.....

Same like #cambridgeAnalytics

TDP stoop to lowest level ever...#ITgrids #YSRCP #JENESENA #ShadesOfSaaho2
— sudeer kumar (@urstrulysudeer) March 3, 2019

#AndhraPradesh people personal data having on #ITGrids company by using the app #sevamitra how it is possible., It's very very dangerous for people safety. So please look into and enquiry on this @rashtrapatibhvn #SupremeCourt #cybercrime
— #MSREDDE (@jMsredde) March 3, 2019

Our personal details like aadhr, voter, phone numbers, and other details given to private company #ITGrids its illegal without our permission who are they give our personal details to some companies.. @TRAI @UIDAI #electioncommissionofindia @rsprasad @PMOIndia @narendramodi
— #MSREDDE (@jMsredde) March 3, 2019

Why @IndiaEci was so silent in this issue ?????? #ITGrids https://t.co/tA3xvLur2r
— JanaSena YuvaSena (@JSP_YuvaSena) March 3, 2019

A big #DataScam by #TDP and #ITGrids company in #hyderabad .
Illegally collecting Personal Data of Andhra citizens.#telangana police arrested the accused
— #BlackDayForHindus ?️ (@bharathbunny27) March 3, 2019

Hyderabad based IT company #ITGrids india ltd is using #UIDAI data for #TDP . Is it allowed? @UIDAI #data #leaks
— Tirupati Reddy (@YoursTReddy) March 3, 2019