Delhi High Court asks for Centre’s reply on plea for CERT-In probe into data leaks

Tuesday, 17 August 2021Newsdesk

THE DELHI High Court has asked the Centre to respond to a petition alleging inaction by Computer Emergency Response Team India (CERT-In) on a complaint seeking an investigation into recent incidents of data leaks at various digital entities. “The grievance raised in the present petition is that the respondent is not taking any action in the incidents of cyber security breaches and data leaks committed by various entities, despite the same being brought to its notice by the petitioner, vide its detailed representation,” noted Justice Rekha Palli in an order, while listing the case for hearing on September 23.

New Delhi, 17 August 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, The general secretary of Free Software Movement of India, Yarlagadda Kiran Chandra, in his representation before CERT-In – which comes under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology – has sought an investigation and review of the recent data breaches at BigBasket, Domino’s, MobiKwik and Air India. Chandra has said that these data breaches have compromised sensitive personal and financial information of millions of users of these services. Stating that the citizen charter of CERT-In lays down that it shall acknowledge the grievances received by it and then redress them within one month, Chandra, in the petition, has alleged there has been no response to his representation from the authority.

Source -indianexpress.com