INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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US software firm Cloudflare has denied any
role in hosting two websites run by a hacker offering for sale stolen personal data and medical records of customers of top Indian insurer
Star Health.
The statement comes after the company was made party to an Indian lawsuit filed by Star Health last week, in which the
insurer alleged that Cloudflare hosted the websites in question.Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp
"Cloudflare is not the host for
the domains in question," the firm told Reuters, adding that it works as a pass-through service situated between a website host and an
reported that sensitive personal data, from telephone numbers to copies of identity cards and blood reports of its customers, were publicly
accessible via Telegram chatbots.
The websites and Telegram bots were inaccessible on Sunday.
Star did not immediately respond to a
request for comment outside regular business hours in India.
Earlier, Star said initial assessment showed "no widespread compromise",
adding that sensitive customer data remained secure.
The company has received a temporary injunction from a court in its southern home
state of Tamil Nadu ordering Telegram and the hacker to block any chatbots or websites in India that make the data available online.
Last
week Telegram told Reuters any newly-created bots attempting to share this data were probably removed in a massive sweep of its searchable
content.
The Star lawsuit comes as global scrutiny of Telegram grows following last month's arrest of its founder Pavel Durov in France,
with the app's content moderation and features allegedly abused for illegal activities.
Durov and Telegram denied wrongdoing and said they
