Data of millions on CoWIN portal safe, assures govt, denies reports of ‘hacking’

The government on Thursday refuted reports of India’s Covid-19 vaccination registration platform, CoWIN, being hacked and said that the authorities are investigating the matter.

The Computer Emergency Response Team of ministry of electronics and information technology (MietY) are currently investigating the matter.

“There have been some unfounded media reports of the CoWIN platform being hacked. Prima facie, these reports appear to be fake,” the government said in a release.

Dr RS Sharma who heads the CoWIN portal and is also the chairman of the empowered group on vaccine administration also clarified that the reports of hacking of the CoWIN portal are false.