The Centre has said that there was a "possible intrusion and data breach" at state-owned telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on May 20, 2024

Minister of state (MoS) for communications Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar informed the Parliament that the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) reported a possible data breach at BSNL to the government.

The MoS also said that the government, in response to the data breach, has constituted an inter-ministerial committee (IMC) to conduct an audit of the telecom networks and suggest remedial measures for prevention of data breaches in the telecom networks in the future.