Star Health Reportedly Confirms Cyberattack Incident Last Month

Star HealthOne of the biggest Health Insurance Companies in India, Has Reportedly Confirmed that it was the target of a malicious cyberettack that LED to Bad Actor Getting Access to “Certain Data”. The incident was the first reported last month, but the insurer refused to make any comments before an internal investment. The company is said to have filed a formal criminal complaint and has informed the insurance and cybersecurity regulatory authorities. Notable, a report claimed that the hackers used Telegram Chatbots to leak the company’s data.

Star Health Reportedly Confirms Data Breach

The company told Techcrunch in a statement that it was indeed a target of a data breach incident. The Acknowledgment Comes Almost two weeks after the incident was the first reported. The chennai-spoken insurance giant also highlighted that hackers were abled to gain access to “Certain data”, however, it reportedly did not share details on IF PASTOMER DATA WAS BREAD

Star Health Reportedly stated that a Forensic Investigation of the Incident is currently underway, which is being on independent cyberyity experts. The company is said to be working closely with the government and regulatory authorities in every stage of the investment. Authorities Concerning Cybersecurity and Regulatory Departments Have also been informed, the publication cited the company as saying.

Last month, the cyberattack on star health allegedly resulted in a massive data breach. As per the report, personal data belonging to 31 million policyholders as well as more than 5.8 million insurance claims was stolen by the bad actors. The data was laater said to be leaked via messaging platform telegram.

Hackers were said to have used Autonomous chatbots on the platform to leak the data. The data is reportedly contained information such as names, phone numbers, addresses, tax details, copies of ID cards, Test Results and Medical Diagnoses.

Days Later, The Indian Insurer Filed A Lawsuit Against Telegram for Allegedly Facilitating in Leaking Company’s Sensitive Data. The Madras High Court Ordered The Instant Messaging Platform to Block Any Chatbots and Websites in India That Made The Data Aawailable Online. Additional, Star Health also Filed a Complaint Against Software Giant Cloudflare for Allegedly offering services to websites that were hosting the leaked data.