On the contrary. This was _investigated_ by a reporter(s) from the mentioned source and published. Other news publications need to verify it independently before publishing it themselves.
And on the "official statements" part, it's kind of naive to expect that they (UIDAI) would put out any statement given that in the past they have
- Not acknowledged security issues or made any efforts to do their own investigation in spite of the numerous reports
- Turned hostile towards entities who have exposed or reported weaknesses instead of rewarding them and plugging the loopholes
