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Company Star Health confirms data leak, says cyber attack happened last month
Star Health Data Leak: Star Health has confirmed that it was the victim of a cyber attack, which resulted in hackers illegally accessing "some data". The company has formally filed a criminal complaint and informed the insurance and cyber security regulatory authorities.
Star Health, the biggest health insurance company in India, confirmed that they had a cyberattack a month ago. When reports of a data leak and cyberattack came out last month, the company first denied that there had ever been a data leak; however now it has been confirmed.
The reports, however, said Star Health, in a statement, claimed to have become a target of an attack by a hacker in which "some data" was accessed illegally. Aggregating the incident relating to insurance and cyber security, the company has filed a criminal complaint, informally.
It was last month that this incident of leakage of the company's data by hackers using Telegram chatbots took place. This hacked data also includes the medical reports of the customers. The data was made publicly available via Telegram chatbots. The market capitalization of Star Health and Allied Insurance exceeds $4 billion.
