"Massive CoWIN Data Breach Exposes Millions of Indian Vaccine Recipients' Personal Information"

A massive data breach has exposed the personal information of millions of Indians, including their names, passport numbers, and dates of birth. The data appears to have come from India's CoWIN vaccination tracking app, which has over 1 billion registered users. The breach was discovered when a Telegram bot in a channel called "hak4learn" offered access to the private data of millions of Indians. The bot has since been shut down, but cybersecurity experts warn that the data may still be traded on the dark web. India's digital infrastructure has expanded rapidly, but cybersecurity and legal frameworks around data storage have not kept pace with the growth.