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Forestalling a cyber Pearl Harbour Updated: Updated: March 15, 2021 15:00 IST It would be a grievous error if India were to underestimate the extent of the cyber threat it faces, especially from China Share Article AAA It would be a grievous error if India were to underestimate the extent of the cyber threat it faces, especially from China The threat posed to key Indian entities by antagonistic forces such as China is beginning to merit critical attention in all the right quarters. This follow...

A power station in Tamil Nadu, India (Photo: Wikipedia) State-sponsored groups in China appear to be targeting India’s power supply by dropping malware into systems, according to online digital threat analysis company Recorded Future. On Monday, the Indian government issued a statement saying it took steps to mitigate risks posed by the ShadowPad backdoor malware that the hackers are using. Although the Indian government acknowledged that various power grid systems across the country were ...

Chinese cybercampaign against India’s power grid Discovery raises question about whether an outage that struck on October 13 in Mumbai was meant as a message from Beijing about border claims being pushed vigorously Early last summer, Chinese and Indian troops clashed in a border battle in the remote Galwan Valley, bashing each other to death with rocks and clubs. Four months later in Mumbai, trains...

How a warning about ShadowPad, Red Echo saved the national power grid from being hacked India Published: Tuesday, March 2, 2021, 13:01 [IST] New Delhi, Mar 02: CERT-In, Indias cyber security agency had in November detected ShadowPad malware, one of the largest supply chain attacks. The agency had alerted the national power grid operator and its regional units on November 19 about the malware and attempts being made to hack. The National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre had ...

Updated Mar 01, 2021 | 17:01 IST On October 12, Mumbai witnessed massive power outages due to grid failure, hampering train services and hitting the stuttering economic activity hard. Representational Image&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspPTI New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Power on Monday brushed off a report linking the Mumbai power outage in October last year to a Chinese cyber attack. A US company has hinted in its latest study that a Chinese government-linked gr...

NEW DELHI – China carried out cyberattacks on Indian power and ports sectors when troops were engaged at the borders along the Line of Actual Control but there was "no impact" on critical infrastructure, sources in the power ministry said March 1. A study, China-Linked group Red Echo targets the Indian power sector amid heightened border tensions, carried out by Recorded Futures Insikt Group and released March 1 came to the conclusion that there were cyberattacks, but nothing happened to c...

Accusations of sabotage by Chinese malware agencies on India’s power grid started flying again with a report by Somerville-based Recorded Future citing the same and Maharashtra government ordering an investigation into whether or not the Mumbai outage in October 2020 was due to any Chinese sabotage. Cyber intelligence firm, Recorded Future in latest report said, China-linked Group RedEcho targeted the Indian power sector amid heightened border tensions. “Since early 2020, Recorded Future...

The Ministry of Power on Monday said there is no impact on operations of Power System Operation Corporation (POSOCO) due to any malware attack and that prompt actions are taken on advisories issued against such threats.

Last Updated: US Report States Chinese Cyber Group Behind Mumbai Grid Failure; Centre Confirms Attack A US-based company Recorded Future has issued a report on Monday, stating that a Chinese government-linked group of hackers had targeted Indias power grid In a massive revelation, a Massachusetts-based company Recorded Future has issued a report on Monday, stating that a Chinese government-linked group of hackers had targeted Indias power grid, possibly leading to Mumbai power outage in Oc...

Updated Mar 01, 2021 | 22:00 IST News headlines for March 1, 2021: On Monday, the next phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive was kick-started in the country. Also, PM Narendra Modi took Bharat Biotechs Covaxin at AIIMS, Delhi. COVID-19 VACCINE.&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspiStock Images Key Highlights Scroll down for the biggest news headlines in India and the world. New Delhi: As the country expanded its COVID-19 vaccination drive on Monday, PM Modi took Bharat Biote...