CoWIN platform data leaked on dark web: It’s ‘not true’ says ethical hacker

Hours after a report surfaced claiming that an Iranian hacker has access to the sensitive data from the CoWIN platform and wants to sell it on the dark web, an ethical hacker has said that the claims doesn’t seem to be genuine. The hacker reportedly said he/ she wants to sell the admin access (username and password) of the CoWIN platform, along with sensitive data of healthcare workers present on the platform on the dark web.

“A threat actor on a Darknet forum claiming to sell database and admin access of CoWIN and Covid-19 doesn’t seem to be a genuine claim,” Sunny Nehra, ethical hacker and malware analyst, told TOI. Nehra, who is the founder of computer security service Secure Your Hacks, also shared his observations on the basis of the data provided by the purported Iranian hacker.