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.