- Company
- Star Health and Allied Insurance
- Regulator or court
- Madras High Court (civil injunction); Tamil Nadu Cyber Crime police
- Law
- Information Technology Act, 2000; Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (criminal complaint)
- Status
- Court proceedings ongoing; affected-customer count is the hacker's claim, not independently confirmed
What happened
A Reuters investigation found a hacker selling and sharing Star Health customers' data, including names, ID documents and medical reports, through Telegram chatbots; the hacker claimed data on over 31 million customers. Star Health went to the Madras High Court, which ordered Telegram to block and delete the chatbots once flagged and barred Telegram and Cloudflare from making the data available, and police registered a criminal case.
Sources
Insurance Journal (Reuters) – Star Health sues TelegramBar & Bench – Madras High Court directs Telegram to delete chatbotsSummary in our own words. General information, not legal advice.