AIIMS CYBER ATTACK
India, US to hold homeland security talks
India and the US will hold the Homeland Security Dialogue to discuss various security issues, including counterterrorism, cyber security, extradition, and more. Ajay Bhalla will lead the talks, and topics such as illegal mobility, aviation security, and drug seizures will be addressed.
Keep DigiWolves at bay
India is the most targeted country globally, facing 13.7% of all cyberattacks. State-sponsored cyberattacks against India increased 278% between 2021 and September 2023, with services companies, IT and BPO firms, seeing the highest share of attacks. Targeted cyberattacks on government agencies increased 460%, while SMEs saw a 508% increase.
Market tailwind for next 15 to 20 years? Madhusudan Kela identifies 4 themes
“There is a certainty in India that one allows one to think from a 15-20 year perspective. There is a kind of money which we are expecting. I will be personally very surprised that after May election, political instability, if $100 billion does not come in India through bonds and equity. Normally $15-20 billion comes.”
Opposition, security experts seek answers on ICMR data leak
Details, including Aadhaar number, passport number, name, age, gender and address of 4 lakh citizens, are already uploaded as sample files on the dark web by the hacker named 'pwn0001' who is auctioning the 90 GB data.
Cert-In issues new guidelines for government bodies, mandates appointment of CISO
All government organisations must also formulate a cyber security policy, assign roles and responsibilities of CISO, and put in place a dedicated and functional cyber security team, Cert-In said.
Malware attack detected at AIIMS; cyber security systems neutralise threat
“A malware attack was detected at AIIMS New Delhi. The attempt was successfully thwarted, and the threat was neutralised by the deployed cyber-security systems,” the government-run hospital said in a statement on Twitter.
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AIIMS Delhi says thwarted fresh cyber attack
A malware attack was detected at 2:50 pm by the cyber-security systems in AIIMS, New Delhi. The attempt was successfully thwarted,
Cyber threat now a matter of national security, says Amit Shah
Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said cyber security is no longer limited to the digital world and it has become a matter of national security. Shah further said seven Joint Cyber Crime Coordination Teams (JCCT) have been formed for cybercrime hotspot areas of Mewat, Jamtara, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Visakhapatnam and Guwahati.
AIIMS cyber attack took place due to improper network segmentation: Govt in RS
In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Chandrasekhar said that following the reporting of the cyber-incident by AIIMS, the Cert In probe revealed that the attack, caused due to improper network segmentation “caused operational disruption due to non-functionality of critical applications”.
AIIMS server attack: Delhi Police seeks info on China, Hong Kong-based IP address
According to sources, the attack on the servers of AIIMS-Delhi is suspected to have originated from locations in China and Hong Kong. Further details have been sought which can be obtained from companies in China and Hong Kong.
Five AIIMS servers hacked, 1.3TB data encrypted in cyber attack: Govt to Parliament
A government analysis has traced the source of the cyberattack to Chinese hackers. Five of the 100 servers had been infiltrated by hackers and data from the compromised servers has been successfully retrieved.
Cyber warfare group caused AIIMS hack: sources
The group backed by a “neighbouring” nation’s government was involved in the cyberattack, reveal sources.
AIIMS cyber attack suspected to have originated in China, Hong Kong
Further details have been sought which can be obtained from companies in China and Hong Kong. The Delhi Police has written to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which will in turn obtain the information through Interpol, they said.
Cyber attack on AIIMS Delhi's servers originated in China, say government sources
"The server attack was by the Chinese; the probe found that it originated from China," said a top source. "Of the 100 servers — 40 physical and 60 virtual — five physical servers were infiltrated by the hackers. The damage could have been far worse but is now contained. Data in the five servers has been successfully retrieved," ANI quoted MoHFW as saying.
IT firms eye deals worth $160B in Q1; Paytm announces Rs 850-crore share buyback
The bulk of the deals will come from American corporations, while a few will come from Europe and Asia-Pacific, even as high inflation and recessionary trends in the US and Europe are pushing software buyers to consolidate spends, with financial services and consumer goods companies on top of the pile.
ETtech Explainer: Tracing ransomware’s path from floppy disks to crypto
The recent cyberattack on Delhi’s AIIMS has once again put ransomware under the spotlight. Such attacks have come a long way since the first one in 1989, which involved posting infected floppy disks to 20,000 people.
Critical infra organisations must upgrade security to avoid AIIMS-like attacks, say experts
Even as enterprises have increased their cybersecurity spends, experts said critical infrastructure such as power plants, hospitals and railways still run on older operating systems and have dated security measures.
Tharoor raises AIIMS cyber attack in LS, asks govt to ensure protection of citizens' sensitive personal data
Raising the matter of urgent public importance in Lok Sabha, Tharoor said the recent cyber attacks on the IT servers of AIIMS-Delhi had resulted in data losses which impeded its normal operations including patient registration, consultation booking and availability of medical records.
Stolen data of 600,000 Indians sold on bot markets so far: report
The study by NordVPN, of Lithuania's Nord Security, said the stolen data included user logins, cookies, digital fingerprints, screenshots and other information, with the average price for the digital identity of a person pegged at 490 Indian rupees($5.95).
Ransomware attack on AIIMS Delhi servers deliberate, targeted; NIA probe on: MoS IT
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating the "deliberate and targeted" ransomware attack on the servers of AIIMS Delhi, Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Thursday.
AIIMS cyberattack rings alarm bells over e-infrastructure safety
India vulnerable as there is no law mandating regular healthcare infra audits, say experts.
Cyber attacks triple in last three years, but security funds underutilised
The number of cyber attacks in the country has witnessed three-fold increase over as many years, however, the funds meant for cybersecurity have been underutilised with only Rs 98.31 crore used of the total Rs 213 crore sanctioned.
After AIIMS, Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital faces hacking attack
After All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi became the victim of hacking attack where Chinese involvement was suspected, another top hospital in the national capital, the Safdarjung Hospital has also been hit.
Ransomware attack on AIIMS a conspiracy, planned by forces that are significant: MoS IT Chandrasekhar
"It is clearly a conspiracy and it has been planned by forces that are pretty significant. It is a sophisticated ransomware attack. We will wait for the outcome of CERTin and NIA (National Investigation Agency) before we come to conclusion on who is behind the ransomware attack," Chandrasekhar said.
AIIMS Delhi suspends two system analysts over failing to tackle ransomware attack
"The eHospital data has been restored on the servers. Network being sanitized before services can be restored. The process is taking some time due to the volume of data and large number of servers/computers for the hospital services, " AIIMS said in a statement.
Hacking of AIIMS server raises serious questions about cyber security in country: Congress
"It has been a week since the server of AIIMS was hacked. It raises serious questions about the cyber security of the country. In 2020, PM Modi had announced that the country will soon have a new cyber security policy. It's been two years and we're still waiting," Venugopal said on Twitter.
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