Exclusive-Star Health hacker says they sent death threats, bullets to India executives

By Munsif Vengattil, Praveen Paramasivam and Aditya Kalra

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The hacker who leaked delicate idiosyncratic information held by Indian wellness insurer Star Health past twelvemonth has taken work for sending decease threats and bullets to the company's main enforcement and concern head.

The hacker, who goes by the alias "xenZen", described their reprisals against Star Health and Allied Insurance Company successful a March 31 email to Reuters. The quality bureau is reporting them for the archetypal time.

Star Health, India's biggest wellness insurer, has faced disapproval from customers and information information experts since Reuters reported past September that xenZen had leaked delicate lawsuit data, including aesculapian reports. At the time, xenZen told Reuters successful an email they possessed 7.24 terabytes of information related to implicit 31 cardinal Star Health customers and was speaking to imaginable buyers for the data.

The quality bureau hasn't independently confirmed the individuality oregon determination of xenZen, the accuracy of the facts laid retired successful the March 31 email oregon the hacker's motive for targeting Star Health and its executives, which the email ascribed to the company's denial of aesculapian claims to definite customers.

In effect to questions from Reuters, Star Health's main ineligible serviceman said successful a connection the institution could not remark "due to an ongoing, highly delicate transgression investigation" related to its information leak.

XenZen said they had concealed slug cartridges successful 2 packages sent to Star Health's caput bureau successful the confederate Indian metropolis of Chennai, successful Tamil Nadu state, successful February.

The email included photographs that showed the packages addressed to Chief Executive Anand Roy and Chief Financial Officer Nilesh Kambli and a enactment wrong which read: "next 1 volition spell successful ur and ur peoples head. tik tik tik."

Roy did not respond to a telephone telephone requesting comment, portion Kambli told Reuters Star Health's nationalist relations squad would respond connected his behalf. The institution did not respond to further requests for comment.

The New Indian Express connected Saturday reported that constabulary successful Tamil Nadu were investigating the threats and had linked them to xenZen.

Tamil Nadu constabulary did not respond to Reuters queries.

Three Indian constabulary sources confirmed an probe was underway. They declined to beryllium named arsenic the substance is confidential.

One constabulary root said a antheral from the neighbouring authorities of Telangana, who the root did not name, has been arrested successful caller days for allegedly helping courier the packages to Star Health connected behalf of xenZen.