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Suspected state-sponsored Chinese hackers have targeted the power sector in India in recent months as part of an apparent cyber-espionage campaign, the threat intelligence firm Recorded Future Inc. said in a report

Power Minister R K Singh on Thursday said the country has a strong defence against any kind of cyber attacks, amid reports of Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeting power grid in Ladakh.

According to the intelligence firm Recorded Future, the Chinese hackers were trying to gather information surrounding critical infrastructure systems.

China targeted at least seven Indian State Load Dispatch Centres (SLDCs) in North India in a massive cyber-espionage operation using cameras and DVRs, claimed US-based cyber security group Recorded Future. The State Load Dispatch Center is the apex body which ensures integrated operation of the power system in several parts of the country.

US-based cyber security firm Recorded Future said a national emergency response system and a subsidiary of a multinational logistics company were also targeted.

The main target of the hackers, TAG-38, were “seven load dispatch centers in northern India” that carry out grid control, electricity dispersal operations near the India-China border in Ladakh

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Chinese hackers targeted electricity distribution centers near Ladakh between August and March, a report of the US-based cyber security group Recorded Future has said.

India’s power sector has been targeted by hackers in a long-term operation thought to have been carried out by a state-sponsored Chinese group, a U.S.-based private cybersecurity company says in a new report

Suspected state-sponsored Chinese hackers have targeted the power sector in India in the past few months as part of an apparent cyberespionage campaign, the threat intelligence firm Recorded Future Inc said in a report published on Wednesday. The hackers focused on at least seven “load dispatch” centers in northern India that are responsible for carrying out real-time operations for grid control and electricity dispersal in areas near the disputed India-China border in Ladakh, the report sai...