Cowin website is completely safe, says health ministry; IT minister tweets in support

The health ministry has denied reports of data breach of Cowin website that has appeared on some social media platforms. These reports allege breach of data from the Cowin portal of the union health ministry, which is a repository of all data of beneficiaries who have been vaccinated against Covid19. Cowin was developed and is owned and managed by the ministry of health and family welfare. Certain posts on the social media platform Twitter claimed that using a Telegram (online messenger application) Bot, the personal data of individuals who have been vaccinated can be accessed. It is reported that the Bot has been able to pull individual data by simply passing the mobile number or Aadhaar number of a beneficiary.

The ministry clarified that all such reports are without any basis and mischievous in nature.