Friday, 24 March, 2023

Security lapse at Jio exposed COVID-19 symptom checker results

<p>Security lapse in Reliance Jio&#39;s COVID-19 self-test symptom checker exposed one of the symptom checker&rsquo;s core databases to the internet even without a password, TechCrunch claimed. Jio had started self-test symptom checker in late March just before nationwide lockdown. It allowed anyone to check symptoms from their phone or Jio&rsquo;s website to see in case of infection. Jio, once notified by the publisher quickly pulled the system, having millions of logs, offline.</p>