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Covid-19 crisis: French hacker targets Aarogya Setu app again, lists issues

Govt says continuously upgrading systems, no data or security breach has been identified

Aarogya Setu app
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Aarogya Setu is the Indian government's contact tracing app

Neha AlawadhiSamreen Ahmad New Delhi/Bengaluru
The demand to open-source contact-tracing app Aarogya Setu has gained momentum, as French cybersecurity researcher Robert Baptiste — who goes by the pseudonym Elliot Alderson on Twitter — wrote and explained a piece detailing the issues with the app.
 
In a Medium post, Baptiste explained how the app could be manipulated to get data of people infected in a given area. The government has said Aarogya Setu has been downloaded by 90 million people.
 
“Though the app (Aarogya Setu) could be a useful tool in containing the (Covid-19) outbreak, a few tweaks and evolutions in the privacy policy will make