The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India is now looking into reports of an alleged data leak from the COVID-19 vaccination platform Covid Vaccine Intelligent Network or Co-WIN.
Several media reports have shared posts from Twitter that the personal data of vaccinated individuals were found accessible using a Telegram bot. The bot is supposedly able to pull those data using the mobile number or the Aadhaar number (unique 12-digit number) of a person.
In a statement, the MOHFW denied the reports as "without any basis and mischievous in nature."
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