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Date : Fri Sep 27 2024 11:15:05

Top health insurance firm hacked, sensitive customer data including medical 
records leaked online

Date:
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:59:51 +0000

Description:
Millions of people had their data posted on a Telegram channel, including 
private medical records.

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Star Health and Allied Insurance, one of the biggest health insurance 
organizations in India, has suffered a cyberattack that saw sensitive 
customer data stolen and then leaked on Telegram via a number of bots. 

The information stolen and subsequently leaked included peoples full names, 
phone numbers, postal addresses, medical reports, and insurance claims. 

Furthermore, for some people it included copies and scans of ID cards and 
certain tax details - more than enough information to run identity theft 
campaigns, phishing, and possibly even wire fraud. Investigation under way 

When Star Health and Allied Insurance learned of the breach, it moved to 
contain it. Since the data was leaking via Telegram, it sued the instant 
messaging platform for facilitating crime. Hackers apparently also propped up 
websites to hold the data, which were hosted on Cloudflare, which is 
allegedly being mentioned in the lawsuit, too. 

A local court issued a legal order, forcing Telegram and Cloudflare to 
restrict access to the stolen information, which appaears to have been only 
partially successful, since the sites are still accessible from some ISPs in 
the country - and it's not known if the bots are still active on Telegram. 

At press time, the victim did not yet issue any statement. It told TechCrunch 
a forensic investigation is underway, and added that it would be premature 
for a public company to comment before the investigation is concluded. 

We dont know exactly how many customers are affected by this incident. 
According to Life Insurance International - everyone, and that means more 
than 31 million people. The stolen data reportedly totalled 7.24 terabytes. 
We also dont know if this is the work of a ransomware organization, and if 
the company was asked for payment to keep the data private. The breach 
happened in August. 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/top-health-insurance-firm-hacked-sensit
ive-customer-data-including-medical-records-leaked-online


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