Shocking reports of personal data breach of people have come to the fore, claiming that personal information of Indian citizens, their Aadhaar card and PAN card details are available on the messaging platform Telegram. Several media reports said that personal information entered on the Covin platform has been leaked.
Quoting morning newspaper Malayala Manorama, the media report said that the personal information of the people registered for Covid vaccination on the CoWIN portal has been leaked. It is being claimed that the information of PAN card, Aadhaar card registered by the users for vaccination on the portal is being leaked.
It has been said in the report that the personal information of these people is available on the messaging platform Telegram. It has been claimed that the mobile number registered with the CoWIN portal when entered into the Telegram bot will capture the gender of the person concerned, the year of birth and the number of the ID card used for vaccination along with the name of the vaccination center and its dose. discloses.
According to the report, due to this big data breach, personal details related to Aadhaar card, Voter ID and PAN card of Indian citizens are available on Telegram. The information about the data leak has created a stir. But, nothing has been said on this matter from the government source. The Economic Times could not independently verify this report.
Earlier in 2021, it was said that the details of Aadhaar PAN of people would be leaked. Whereas, even in the year 2022, claims were made of leaking personal data of people registered on Covin. But, the government had rejected those claims.
