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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.
On October 12, Mumbai witnessed massive power outages due to grid failure, hampering train services and hitting the stuttering economic activity hard.
The malware has various infrastructure impacts, ranging from simply turning off power distribution channels to more serious damage to equipment. In this image, the sun shines over towers carrying electical lines August 30, 2007 in South San Francisco, California.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
The Statement
In a statement, the power ministry said, An email was received from CERT-In on 19th November, 2020 on the threat of malware called Shadow Pad at some control centres of POSOCO. Accordingly, action has been taken to address these threats.
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Cyber security report links malware attack to October 12 grid failure in Mumbai
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People walk on railway track as trains were suspended after a major power failure in Mumbai on October 12, 2020. | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre
Cyber security report links malware attack to October 12 grid failure in Mumbai
Chinese state-sponsored actors may have deployed malware into Indian power grids and seaports as border tensions between India-China began escalating in May last, culminating in a deadly clash along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in mid-June. The alleged cyber intrusion was discovered and revealed by U.S. cyber security and intelligence firm, Recorded Future, according to the New York Times, which broke the story. An October 12 grid failure in Mumbai may have been caused by the Chinese malware, as per the report.
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