Star Health customers' health data leaked online in India
Health data of customers of Indian insurer Star Health was posted online and leaked through Telegram chatbots. Star Health confirmed the data breach in October 2024 and said it had received a $68,000 ransom demand. After investigating allegations that its security chief was involved, it concluded that the executive had done nothing wrong.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Star Health
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Customer health data leaked
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- India
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Timeline
- It was reported that a hacker had leaked Star Health data using Telegram chatbots.
- Star Health confirmed the data breach after customer health data was posted online.
- Allegations that the security chief was involved in the leak were investigated.
- The company said it had received a $68,000 ransom demand.
- An Indian court ordered Star Health to provide leak details to Telegram so the chatbots could be removed.
- Star Health concluded that its security chief had done nothing wrong.
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