Star Health Suffers Mega Data Breach, Medical Records Of Over 31 Mn Customers Up For Sale On Telegram

Star Health Suffers Mega Data Breach, Medical Records Of Over 31 Mn Customers Up For Sale On Telegram

SUMMARY

Personal data of Star Health customers, including names, medical history, test results, tax details and policy numbers are available for download on Telegram

This comes nearly a month after Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durav was arrested in France over allegations that the platform was being used for illicit activity

Telegram has also come under the scanner of the Indian government for allegedly facilitating extortion and gambling activities

In what could be one of the biggest data breaches in Indian history, personal data of millions of customers of listed general insurance major Star Health & Allied Insurance is allegedly up for sale on instant messaging app Telegram.

An unidentified hacker stole private data, including medical records of over 31 Mn customers of Star Health and made it publicly accessible on Telegram by creating chatbots on the platform, Reuters reported.

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