The army stated, "Inimical Intelligence agencies have developed a malicious app by the name of Aarogya Setu.apk. Such apps were found to be sent by Pakistain-based Pak Intelligence operatives to Whatsapp groups of Indian Army personnel."
Reportedly, Pak intelligent agencies have developed a fake Aarogya Setu app designed to steal information from Indians. The app has the capability of collecting the locations of users and sending it to its creator without the knowledge of the user. Therefore, if the app is downloaded on the phone security personnel, Pakistain will be able to track the movement of such personnel and their troops. Contact lists and any other sensitive information stored on the device can also be accessed by the malicious software and send it to Pakistain.
As per reports, the Pak agencies are using social media accounts with Indian names to target the Indian personnel. Reports suggest that the known Pak Intelligence Operative account under the fake name of one ’Anoshka Chopra’ also found sending the malicious application to Indian Army personnel.
In its warning, the Indian army had asked its personnel to sensitize the Pak Spy agencies’ designs while downloading the application.
Amid the Wuhan coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...outbreak, the Army personnel have been directed to upload the Aarogya Setu app so that the new cases of infection can be traced. The Aarogya Setu app is developed by government agencies and is being used by more than 75 million people across the country. The army has directed its personnel to download the AarogyaSetu app only through the website of the central government that is mygov.in or Android play store or iOS Apple play store.
Army Chief, Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane had earlier said that India is busy fighting coronavirus epidemic both internally and globally while Pakistain is busy exporting terrorism.
The Army Chief said, "While we are busy not only helping our own citizens but the rest of the world too by sending medical teams and exporting medicines. On the other hand, Pakistain is only exporting terror. This doesn’t auger well."