Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan refuse to issue a direction to MEITY, IRDAI and SEBI to take action on representations sent by him against the insurance company

[09/04, 12:17] sekarreporter1: Star Health Insurance data leak case: #MadrasHighCourt dismisses six writ appeals filed by Punjab based hacker. Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan refuse to issue a direction to MEITY, IRDAI and SEBI to take action on representations sent by him against the insurance company. Say, no such direction can be issued when he himself was facing civil and criminal cases for having accessed the customer data from the insurance company’s computer systems and demanding $65,000 for providing cyber security services. @THChennai
[09/04, 12:17] Meta AI: The Madras High Court has dismissed six writ appeals filed by a Punjab-based hacker involved in the Star Health Insurance data leak case. The hacker, identified as “xenZen”, had sought directions to MEITY, IRDAI, and SEBI to take action against Star Health Insurance for allegedly violating data protection norms. However, Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan refused to issue such directions, citing that the hacker himself was facing civil and criminal cases for accessing customer data without authorization and demanding $65,000 for cyber security services. ¹

The data breach, which exposed sensitive information of around 3.1 crore customers, including mobile numbers, PAN details, and medical records, was allegedly perpetrated by the hacker, who claimed that the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Star Health Insurance was involved in the leak. The court has taken a stern view of the hacker’s actions, emphasizing that he cannot seek relief when he is accused of serious offenses. ² ³

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