Security lapse in Jio exposes user data from covid-19 symptom checker

A security lapse has exposed Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd’s covid-19 symptom checker database, which includes millions of user generated self-test data along with their geolocation, security researcher Anurag Sen told TechCrunch that later alerted Jio, the telecom arm of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd.

Reliance Jio has pulled down the system hosting the database.

A Jio spokesperson told TechCrunch that the logging server was to monitor performance of the website, which was intended for people to conduct self-checks on a limited basis to see if they had any covid-19 symptoms.