New Delhi: With Chinese hackers targeting India’s critical infrastructure such as power grids, the Union power ministry has ordered all organizations under it to use “organization-specific email-id for official communications". This comes in the backdrop of Red Echo, a hacker group affiliated with the Chinese government, repeatedly targeting the control rooms that manage India’s critical power grids. However, the Chinese hackers failed to break into the systems, and no data breach was detected, according to an earlier statement from the power ministry. India is looking to raise its voice against the threat posed by Chinese hackers targeting its critical infrastructure on the global stage, as reported by Mint earlier. Although China refutes the allegation as “rumours and slander", India’s power sector reports at least 30 cyberattacks daily, Mint reported on 11 September 2019.

Source: Mint July 04, 2021 08:26 UTC