šØ A matter that deserves attentionā¦.
A company called STAR INN has reportedly been contacting serving and retired Army officersā¦offering āexclusive Armed Forces packagesā and complimentary stays at their properties. They claim to compete with
@clubmahindra
During interactionsā¦representatives appear to collect information such as the officerās Corps, service background, and professional network š
What is concerning is that they seem to possess extensive databases of military personnel and in some casesā¦appear aware of details about other officers from the same Corpsā¦šļø
Whether this is merely aggressive marketing or something more concerningā¦the existence of such databases raises important questionsā¦
⢠How were these contact details obtained?
⢠Was consent taken before collecting and sharing such information?
⢠What safeguards exist against misuse for cyber fraud, social engineering, impersonation, harassment or targeted phishing?
I see a modus operandi here⦠and if this gets unchecked⦠can be very very dangerous for national security ā¼ļø
Military personnel are high-value targets for intelligence gathering and cyber-enabled attacks. Any organization handling data relating to serving or retired officers should be subject to the highest standards of privacy and data protection.
Any entity maintaining databases of serving and retired military personnel must be subjected to scrutiny regarding data source, consent, storage and usage. In the era of cyber warfare and social engineering, seemingly harmless marketing exercises can create vulnerabilities. Vigilance is not paranoiaā¦it is a professional responsibilityā¦!!
I request the officers and veterans should exercise caution before sharing personal, service-related, financial or network information with unknown marketing representativesā¦!!
I request defence journalists to kindly rake up this issue
@ShivAroor @VishnuNDTV @nitingokhale @sneheshphilip @majorgauravarya
I request the OSINT handles
@thehawkeyex @LevinaNeythiri @OsintUpdates @AgentVinod03 @OSINTWarfare and others to throw light on structure of this company ⦠owners ⦠share holders ⦠!!
If you have the same gut feeling about this company⦠in that case do share your views !!
#CyberSecurity #DataPrivacy #IndianArmy #Veterans #InformationSecurity