CoWIN Hacked Reports "Appear To Be Fake", But Will Investigate: Centre

"Our attention has been drawn towards the news circulating on social media about the alleged hacking of CoWIN system," Chairman of the Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration said

The CoWIN system used for registering people for COVID-19 vaccination is completely secure and reports of the system being hacked "appear to be fake", the government said in a statement today. .@MoHFW_INDIA & Chairman, Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration(EGVAC) debunk news of hacking of #CoWINCo-WIN stores all vaccination data in a safe & secure digital environment. No data is shared with any entity outside the Co-WIN environmentRead: https://t.co/urYaJje8lN Nonetheless, the matter will be investigated by the Computer Emergency Response Team, known as the government's best counter-hacking group under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MietY). Denying reports of CoWIN being hacked, the Health Ministry and the chairman of the Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration (EGVAC) said CoWIN "stores all vaccination data in a safe and secure digital environment." "There have been some unfounded media reports of the CoWIN platform being hacked. Prima facie, these reports appear to be fake. However, the Health Ministry and the EGVAC are getting the matter investigated by the Computer Emergency Response Team of MietY," the government said in the statement.