Top Indian insurer Star Health has sued Telegram and a self-styled hacker after Reuters reported that the hacker was using chatbots on the messaging app to leak personal data and medical reports of policyholders.

Millions of users have private data posted on a Telegram channel

Days after reports surfaced that a hacker was using Telegram chatbots to leak personal data and medical reports of Star Health users, the listed insurer has now reportedly sued both the messaging app as well as the hacker.

The Madras High Court has restrained Telegram Messenger and Cloudflare, an Information Technology management services company, from allowing their platforms to be used by unethical hackers to share or sell sensitive customer data allegedly stolen from the computer systems of Chennai-based Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited.

The lawsuit comes amid growing scrutiny of Telegram globally and the arrest of its founder Pavel Durov in France last month.

BENGALURU :Top Indian insurer Star Health has sued Telegram and a self-styled hacker after Reuters reported that the hacker was using chatbots on the messaging app to leak personal data and medical reports of policy holders.The lawsuit comes amid growing scrutiny of Telegram globally and the arrest of its fou