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French cyber security analyst Robert Baptiste on Tuesday claimed to have found vulnerabilities in a government agency and tweeted: “Hi @TelanganaCMO, a security issue has been found in your system, can you contact me in private?”

It was later found that the issue was with Telangana Overseas Manpower Company Limited. IT principal secretary Jayesh Ranjan said it was rectified “much before” Mr. Baptiste pointed it out.

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