Donât rush to give clean chit to China. Mumbai power grid failure is a strong warning
Future wars will be fought on cyber domain. Delay in response will allow Chinese cyber soldiers to infiltrate Indian systems so deeply that de-coupling would become impossible.
Seshadri Chari 5 March, 2021 11:32 am IST Text Size:
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Union Minister Raj Kumar Singh has denied media reports that said the massive power outage in Mumbai last year was caused by a cyberattack from China, calling it a âhuman errorâ. Singhâs remark contradicts Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukhâs admission of a possible âcyber-sabotageâ, based on a preliminary report by the stateâs Cyber Cell. While both global and local press are alluding to the Mumbai power outage of 12 October 2020 to a China-based hacking system, it is intriguing that the Union minister should be in such a rush to give a clean chit to China.
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Chinese hackers’ groups allegedly targeted Telangana State Load Dispatch Centre (TSLDC). (Representational photo - Pixabay)
Hyderabad: A massive Mumbai-type power outage was averted in Telangana after the Central Electricity Authority alerted the Telangana government that the Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) has suspected that Chinese hackers may target TS Transco and TS Genco.
According to ToI report, Chinese hackers’ groups allegedly targeted Telangana State Load Dispatch Centre (TSLDC), however, the cyber attack was successfully thwarted by the state government agencies.
On receiving information from a trusted source about a China-based groups command and control servers trying to communicate with systems belonging to the TSLDC, TS Transco and TS Genco were alerted and asked to take adequate measures.
Updated: Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 17:16 [IST]
Hyderabad, Mar 03: Power utilities in Telangana have averted a possible attempt by a China-based group to hack the state s power systems, officials said on Wednesday. The preventive action was taken following an alert by the Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) and a heightened state of alertness would continue for more days, an official said.
Representational Image We noticed some malware. Immediately, we erased that. We have taken all the preventive steps. Absolutely, there is no problem, the senior official told PTI.
The CERT-In communicated to the state power utilities two days ago. We have a good team here also. Everyday, they are reviewing. We have anti-virus software, he added.