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Chinese hackers targeted India s power through malware amid border tension: Report PTI
Updated : Mar 1, 2021, 5:28 pm IST
The report has led to raising suspicion whether last year s massive power outage in Mumbai was a result of the online intrusion
On October 12, a grid failure in Mumbai resulted in massive power outages, stopping trains on tracks, hampering those working from home amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and hitting the stuttering economic activity hard. (Representational Image/AFP)
Washington: Amidst the tense border tension between India and China, a Chinese government-linked group of hackers targeted India s critical power grid system through malware, a US company has said in its latest study, raising suspicion whether last year s massive power outage in Mumbai was a result of the online intrusion.
Updated Mar 01, 2021 · 10:44 pm File photo: People Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers during military disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at the India-China border in Ladakh. | AFP/Indian Army
A report released by a United States private cybersecurity firm has suggested that a Chinese cyber campaign targeted India’s power grid, months after the Galwan valley clash in June, in which soldiers from both the countries were killed.
Recorded Future’s report raised questions about a possible link between the clash and a power blackout that brought India’s financial capital Mumbai to a standstill in October, according to
The New York Times. Indian media had reported that authorities suspected that a malware attack had caused the outage.
Washington, Mar 1: Amidst the tense border tension between India and China, a Chinese government-linked group of hackers targeted India's critical power grid system through malware, a US company has claimed in its latest study, raising suspicion whether last year's massive power outage in Mumbai was a result of the online intrusion.
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’s Insikt Group observed a large increase in suspected targeted intrusion activity against Indian organisations from Chinese state-sponsored groups,” the report said. Recorded Future further said ten Indian power sector organisations, including four of the five Regional Load Despatch Centres (RLDC) are targets in a concerted campaign against India’s critical infrastructure.