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SC examines plea for CBI probe into medical data breach
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea seeking a CBI probe into the alleged theft of medical, insurance and Aadhaar-linked data belonging to more than 1.5 lakh people. A…
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The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea seeking a CBI probe into the alleged theft of medical, insurance and Aadhaar-linked data belonging to more than 1.5 lakh people. A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant agreed to examine the petition filed by Vitraya Technologies.
The company alleges that a cyber attack in February 2025 involved unauthorised access and mass downloading of records. It says Punjab police registered an FIR on August 29, nearly six months after its complaint, under Sections 66 and 66B of the Information Technology Act and against unknown persons. Vitraya seeks a CBI investigation or a court-monitored SIT, alleging that the case spans six states and involves cross-border digital infrastructure. The allegations have not been established in court.
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The lazy narrative is that this is either a routine corporate dispute or proof of a proven nationwide data theft. Neither is justified yet. The court must separate Vitraya’s allegations from evidence and assess whether police preserved logs, examined servers and identified the attackers. The practical test is whether investigators can establish what data left the system, when it happened and who accessed it.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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