PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Subject: Disclosure of Major Data Breach Involving Confidential Technologies for Disaster Protection and Misuse of Proprietary Information
Bangalore, Karnataka | Date: October 28, 2026
Headline: Marinovix Reports Data Breach of Confidential R&D Data Related to Natural Disaster Protection Technologies; Clarifies Ownership and Issues Public Advisory
Sub-headline: Marinovix revokes old specimen signatures and cautions that its disaster-protection technologies, if misused, could cause harm. Company affirms sole authorship of the technology.
Bangalore, India – Marinovix, an India-based deep-tech company developing indigenous technologies for India and the world to protect life and property during natural disasters, today disclosed that it has identified a potential data breach involving its confidential internal data.
The breach involves files stored in the internal folder, which contained:
- Specimen signatures of Founder Mr. Jeetendra Ghodke and his wife Mrs. Leena Jeetendra Ghodke – Files
20260605_143514.jpgand20260605_143522.jpg - Confidential documents pertaining to company closure, business, property and proprietary technology designs for natural disaster mitigation.
Immediate Action Taken:
Upon detecting unusual system activity on [Date of Detection], the company immediately disconnected the affected system from the internet and permanently deleted the exposed specimen signature files offline. System logs for the last 7 days have been preserved. A formal complaint for record and revocation has been filed vide GD No. **** dated **** at the respective police station Bengaluru and on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal vide Acknowledgement No. *******.
Through this disclosure, Marinovix formally REVOKES and INVALIDATES any scanned specimen signatures bearing file names 20260605_143514.jpg and 20260605_143522.jpg. No bank, registrar, government authority, or third party should rely on these scanned images. Fresh signatures will be provided only with in-person physical verification.
Risk Advisory:
The technologies under development by Marinovix are dual-use in nature — designed to protect communities during earthquakes, floods, cyclones and other natural disasters. If these designs, datasets or deployment protocols fall into the wrong hands or are implemented without proper safety protocols, they have the potential to cause more harm than good. We have therefore restricted access to core design files and notified our legal and technical advisors.
Clarification on Ownership:
It has come to our notice that certain unauthorized third parties are attempting to claim that these disaster-protection technologies are being developed by them and not by Marinovix. We categorically state that the entire concept, research, architecture and IP for these technologies have been solely conceived and developed by Mr. Jeetendra Ghodke and the Marinovix team in Bengaluru, India, over 3 years. All development logs, ZFS snapshots, design drafts and laboratory records are preserved with cryptographic hashes as proof of authorship.
We are taking appropriate legal steps to prevent any false claim of ownership, forgery using revoked signatures, or usurpation of business, property or technology rights.
What We Are Doing Now:
- Complete forensic audit and purging of all backups/snapshots containing the revoked signatures.
- Implementing audit-level file access monitoring on all R&D systems.
- Engaging with banks, ROC, and IP counsel to flag the revoked signatures as invalid.
- Cooperating fully with cybercrime authorities.
We request our partners, customers, government agencies and media to:
- Not rely on any document bearing the old scanned signatures.
- Verify any claim regarding this technology directly with us at [Official Email / Phone].
- Report any suspicious claim of ownership or use of our disaster-tech to us immediately.
Media Contact:
Mr. Jeetendra Ghodke
Director, Marinovix
Address: T Dasarahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560090
Phone: +91 8971374006 | Email: info@marinovix.in | Website: https://marinovix.in
Disclaimer: This press release is issued in public interest to prevent misuse and to place facts on record. No allegation is made against any specific individual or entity at this stage. The matter is under review by appropriate authorities.
About Marinovix:
Marinovix is a Bengaluru based deep-tech startup working on low-cost, scalable technologies to protect vulnerable populations during natural disasters. The company’s mission is Make in India for the World.