NEW DELHI: Medical reports from India's largest health insurance firm Star Health have been leaked. The customer's information can be obtained via chatbots on Telegram. The information of millions of people has been leaked this way.
A news agency has reported that the leaked information can be easily accessed by anyone. However, the company has said that it has not released any user data. However, using the chatbots, the news agency was able to download users' names, phone numbers, addresses, tax details, copies of ID cards, test results, diagnostic information, etc. through a Telegram account.
Telegram has gained over 900 million active users because of chatbots. However, there are many kinds of abuses going on through it. Many people have been arrested for such crimes. These chatbots reportedly leaked 7.24 terabytes of data from more than 31 million Star Health customers. Chatbots provide this information to Telegram users for free. However, it is yet to be ascertained how chatbot got all this information.