The company said on the based of ongoing investigations, it appears that the hackers used bots to purportedly share customer sensitive information through Telegram (the social media and messaging platform) and certain websites.

The High Court gave the direction after Telegram said it was unable to search for leaks on its own but agreed to delete the leaked data if the insurer gave them details.

The relatively public feud between Indian insurer Star Health & Allied Insurance Co. and a hacker who claims to have the data of 31.2 million insurance customers

The Madras High Court on Friday directed social media platform Telegram to immediately block and delete any posts or “chatbots” flagged by insurance company Sta

Telegram told Madras High Court that it won’t be able to monitor every account to stop the sharing of leaked customer data from Star Health.

An Indian court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has told insurer Star Health to help Telegram identify data leaked via its messaging app so the chatbots can be deleted. The country's biggest insurer with roughly $4 billion market cap approached the Madras High Court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu after Reuters reported on Sep.

An Indian court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has asked Indian insurer Star Health to provide details of data leak of customers through chatbots with messaging app Telegram for deletion. The Madras High Court gave the direction after Telegram said it was unable to search for leaks on its own but agreed to delete the leaked data if the insurer gave them details.

The data leak, first reported in September, reportedly involved a hacker known as xenZen, who allegedly used Telegram chatbots and a website to publicise the stolen information.