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.
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Stuart Solomon, Recorded Future s chief operating officer, said that the Chinese state-sponsored group, which the firm named Red Echo, has been seen to systematically utilize advanced cyber intrusion techniques to quietly gain a foothold in nearly a dozen critical nodes across the Indian power generation and transmission infrastructure.
China had launched a cyberattack against India s power grid targeting Mumbai on October 13 last year, in a warning message after the tension at the Ladakh border.
A report in The New York Times has claimed China has been targeting Indian utilities and infrastructure using cyberattacks to possibly coerce New Delhi on the border issue.