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Hacker flags security breach in Aarogya Setu app; govt quashes claims

The app is the government's mobile application for contact tracing and disseminating medical advisories to users in order to contain the spread of Covid-19

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On Tuesday, a French hacker and cyber security expert Elliot Alderson had claimed that "a security issue has been found" in the app and that "privacy of 90 million Indians is at stake".

BS Web Team Agencies New Delhi

2 min read Last Updated : May 06 2020 | 10:59 AM IST

The government on Wednesday said no data or security breach has been identified in Aarogya Setu after an ethical hacker raised concerns about a potential security issue in the app.

The app is the government's mobile application for contact tracing and disseminating medical advisories to users in order to contain the spread of Covid-19.

On Tuesday, a French hacker and cyber security expert Elliot Alderson had claimed that "a security issue has been found" in the app and that "privacy of 90 million Indians is at stake".

Dismissing the claims, the government said "no personal information of any user has been proven to

Topics : Coronavirus Lockdown Ethical hacker cyber security Data breach

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