Despite the shutdown of both chatbots — which provided free access to up to 20 data samples from 31.2 million datasets and PDF-based claim documents — more have emerged to distribute the stolen data.

Customer data, including medical records, from India's top health insurer, Star Health, has been compromised and is now accessible through Telegram chatbots, reports Reuters.

Sensitive medical records and personal details of millions of Indians are being offered for sale on the messaging app.

Stolen customer data, including medical reports from India’s biggest health insurer, Star Health, is publicly accessible via chatbots on Telegram, just weeks after Telegram’s founder was accused of allowing the Messenger app to facilitate crime.

Sensitive customer data from Star Health Insurance was accessed via chatbots on Telegram, with claims of over 31 million records for sale. The company insists no widespread data breach occurred and is cooperating with authorities.

The data is available for free in small portions, while bulk data — amounting to 7.24 terabytes — is being offered for sale, according to a hacker using the alias “xenZen.”