The info being claimed as having been leaked such because the geo-location of beneficiaries isn’t even collected at CoWIN, stated chairman of the Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration Dr RS Sharma
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday debunked media reviews about CoWIN being hacked, stating that prima facie, these reviews seem like pretend and that the portal shops all of the vaccination knowledge in a secure and safe digital surroundings.
“There have been some unfounded media reviews on the CoWIN platform being hacked. Prima facie, these reviews seem like pretend,” a press release issued by the Union well being ministry stated.
Nevertheless, the ministry and the Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration (EGVAC) are getting the matter investigated by the Laptop Emergency Response Group of the Ministry of Electronics and Data Expertise (MietY), the assertion stated.
Dr RS Sharma, chairman of the Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration (CoWIN), clarified that “our consideration has been drawn in direction of the information circulating on social media in regards to the alleged hacking of the CoWIN system. On this connection, we want to state that CoWIN shops all of the vaccination knowledge in a secure and safe digital surroundings. No CoWIN knowledge is shared with any entity outdoors the CoWIN surroundings. The info being claimed as having been leaked such because the geo-location of beneficiaries, isn’t even collected at CoWIN”.