The clarification came after reports earlier in the day suggested CoWIN (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network) data breach, which reportedly allowed access to certain personal information that an individual gave on the government's portal for vaccination.
The Centre on Monday said that it does not appear that the CoWIN app or its database has been directly breached as alleged in some reports after a Covid data leak surfaced on social media app Telegram.Union Minister of State for Electronics and .
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If the mobile number of a person was entered on Telegram, details from identification documents submitted on CoWIN, like Aadhaar, passport or PAN cards would be furnished immediately by a bot, Malayala Manorama has reported.