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Data breach: hacker claims senior Star Health executive sold data of 31 million customers

Economic Times · 2m

- Star Health Insurance experienced a massive data breach allegedly caused by an executive selling personal data of over 31 million customers to hackers. - The chief information security officer of Star Health Insurance, Amarjeet Khanuja, is accused of selling the data and demanding more money for backdoor access on behalf of senior management. - The hacker, known as xenZen, is now offering to sell the entire dataset for $150,000 or smaller batches of 100,000 entries for $10,000. - Star Health Insurance previously filed a lawsuit against Telegram and a self-styled hacker for using chatbots on the messaging app to leak personal data and medical reports of policyholders. - The breach exposed sensitive customer information, including full names, contact details, residential addresses, pre-existing medical conditions, policy numbers, and more. - The leaked data presents various risks like identity theft, financial fraud, targeted scams, hacking, phishing, account takeovers, and extortion.