India: No breach in Covid-19 tracking app, despite hacker warning


A man uses his mobile phone after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus in Gurgaon. The app launched by the Indian government on April 2 evaluates users' risk of infection based on their medical and travel history and their location. — AFP

There has been no security breach in a Covid-19-tracking app that the Indian government has made a mandatory download for anyone stepping out of their homes to go to work, officials said on May 6.

"No personal information of any user has been proven to be at risk," according to a statement from the creators of the app, named Aarogya Setu. They were responding to concerns raised by a French hacker, Robert Baptiste, who goes by the name Elliot Alderson on Twitter and tries to alert groups to potential problems.

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