Govt of India replied on CoWIN data leak issue

Delhi: Phone numbers, Aadhaar numbers, date of birth and other vital information of all the people who got vaccinated using the CoWIN platform was allegedly leaked by a Telegram bot.

There has also been an official statement from the government regarding the data leak ,Govt says CoWIN portal is completely secure.

Amid reports that a data leak has made personal details of Indian citizens available on the instant app-Telegram, the central government has issued an official statement that the CoWIN portal is 'completely secure'. Data from the CoWIN portal, used as a repository of personal details of Covid vaccination recipients, including details of many Indian citizens, was leaked on Telegram, earlier reports said.

The Minister of State for IT said that the National Data Governance Policy has been finalized to create a common framework for data collection, access and security standards in the country.

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A data breach is currently possible if a person's mobile number is entered - ID number of the document submitted for vaccination (Aadhaar, passport, PAN card and etc.),gender, date of birth and the center where the vaccination was administered, said the messenger bot in question in an instant reply.  

???????????????????? ???????????????? ???????????????????????? #CoWIN portal of Health Ministry @MoHFW_INDIA is Completely Safe with safeguards for Data Privacy.

Adequate Security Measures are in place on Co-WIN portal, with Web Application Firewall, Anti-DDoS, SSL/TLS, regular vulnerability assessment,…

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) June 12, 2023