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‘Telegram bot throwing up CoWIN data...’
Updated On: 13 June, 2023 08:22 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
While denying direct breach of people’s data on CoWIN platform, Union minister says the bot is giving out details upon entry of phone numbers
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A health worker enters data, as another vaccinates a woman against COVID-19, in Hyderabad. File Pic/AFP
Union Minister of State for Information Technology said Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday asserted that it does not appear that CoWIN app or database has been directly breached. He added that Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) immediately responded and reviewed the matter.
“The data being accessed by bot from a threat actor database, which seems to have been populated with previously breached/stolen data stolen from past. It does not appear that CoWIN app or database has been directly breached.”
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