New Delhi: With the mass vaccination drive across the country likely to kick-start soon, the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday asked people not to download or register on several fraudulent applications named ‘CoWIN’ which are available on app-stores.
“Some apps named ‘CoWIN’ apparently created by unscrupulous elements to sound similar to the upcoming official platform of the government are on app-stores,” the Health Ministry alerted.
The ministry added, “Do not download or share personal information on these. The MoHFW official platform will be adequately publicised on its launch.”
Senior cyber expert from Odisha, Prashant Sahu also took to Twitter to highlight one such ‘Fake CoWIN app’ which has been downloaded more than 10k times.
Cyber Awareness :
Beware of this Fake “#COWIN” App in Playstore . Already its downloaded more than 10k times .
Actual #CowinApp is not lunched yet . @aninditagmishra @spl_sqdctc @Cyberdost @cyberpeacecorps