Anil deshmukh
MUMBAI: A preliminary report submitted by the Maharashtra police cyber cell on the massive power outage across Mumbai in October last year has suggested that the incident could be cyber sabotage, said state home minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday.
Deshmukh said a probe committee has found evidence of suspicious entry into the transmission system through servers of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB). The report was submitted to the state government on Monday, said Deshmukh.
The minister’s statement came hours after reports emerged of a possible Chinese cyber attack on India’s power grid. The minister said a reputed, US-based company Recorded Future has referred to Chinese entities mounting a strike through the net on Indian electricity infrastructure, leading to cascading power failure in Mumbai. The report by Recorded Future, a firm which studies internet usage by state agencies, named a Chinese state-sponsored group called Red Echo.
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1 Recorded Future, a Massachusetts-based company, has detailed the campaign conducted by a China-linked threat activity group RedEcho targeting the Indian power sector.
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Commuters stranded at Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus as services were disrupted owing to power failure in many parts of Mumbai, Monday, October 12, 2020. Photo: PTI/Shashank Parade
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New Delhi: Even as the power ministry said that the functionality of the Power System Operation Corporation (POSOCO) was not affected by cyberattacks, Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh appeared to corroborate the findings of a US-based firm’s claims that the massive power outage in Mumbai in October last year was the result of sabotage by Chinese hackers.