Nagpur-based Solar Industries India Limited yet to confirm the attack. Hacker group BlackCat has taken responsibility and also reportedly invited bids for firm's info.
DGPs discussed setting up National Counter Ransomware Taskforce last week. This is part of 3-fold measure which also includes drawing up National Information Security Policy Guidelines.
After last month's cyberattack on All India Institute of Medical Sciences, cybersecurity experts are flabbergasted by lack of a govt response and the opaqueness around the attack.
Servers remain vulnerable even a week after unprecedented attack. Work moves at snail's pace as AIIMS treads cautiously over giving staff access to hospital's network.
Servers used at AIIMS in Delhi have been down since 7am Wednesday, affecting the healthcare centre’s outpatient department and sample collection services.
Report by US-based research firm predicts that by 2025, overall cybercrime costs will be $10.5 trillion, and victims will lose $265 billion annually to ransomware attacks by 2031.
Companies are looking to go beyond cybersecurity to move to cyber resilience, with practices like buying insurance, says WEF's 'Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2022'.
Some of the 'malicious' threats identified by US security agencies include the acquisition of infrastructure and capabilities and exploitation of public vulnerabilities.
FM adds that AI-assisted technologies should be adopted in all districts to bring development & highlights importance of collaborative ecosystems in tech innovation.
Building on long-standing ties & Islamic solidarity, Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement comes at a time of heightened regional tensions especially after Israeli attack on Doha.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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