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National Informatics Center

18 Sep 2020

Cyber attack on NIC, data hacked via email from American firm

Cyber attack on the National Informatics Center (NIC), the largest data agency of India. Special Cell of Delhi Police has registered a case and started investigation in connection with this attack. NIC employees were cheated via email from an American firm.

18 Sep 2020

Malware attack hits computers at NIC's cyber hub, probe launched

A malware has attacked more than 100 computers of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), the government’s nodal agency which is responsible for securing critical cyber-infrastructure in the country and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The incident triggers concerns in view of recent reports about alleged snooping by Chinese firms on Indian politicians, armed forces officials, leading, entrepreneurs and journalists, among others. Soon after the bug was identified, Delhi Police’s Special Cell begun its investigation into the matter. An email from a firm in Bengaluru is suspected to have created the malware. It has also registered a case under the Information Technology (IT) Act in this connection.

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