Star Health Probe

Star Health, India's biggest health insurer, on Saturday said it had received a ransom demand of $68,000 from a cyberhacker in connection with a leak of customer data and medical records.

Star Health said it had received a ransom demand of $68,000 from a hacker following a data breach of customers' medical records in September. The country's biggest health insurer has launched internal probes and taken legal action against Telegram and the hacker, whose website continues to share samples of customer data.

Star Health has confirmed that it is probing a hacker's allegations that its Chief Information Security Officer was involved in a data breach that saw the use of Telegram chatbots and websites to distribute customers' medical records and personal data.

Star Health, India's biggest health insurer, on Saturday said it had received a ransom demand of $68,000 from a cyberhacker in connection with a leak of customer data and medical records.

Star Health said it had received a ransom demand of $68,000 from a hacker following a data breach of customers' medical records in September. The country's biggest health insurer has launched internal probes and taken legal action against Telegram and the hacker, whose website continues to share samples of customer data.

Star Health has confirmed that it is probing a hacker's allegations that its Chief Information Security Officer was involved in a data breach that saw the use of Telegram chatbots and websites to distribute customers' medical records and personal data.