Forestalling a cyber Pearl Harbour
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It would be a grievous error if India were to underestimate the extent of the cyber threat it faces, especially from China
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It would be a grievous error if India were to underestimate the extent of the cyber threat it faces, especially from China
The threat posed to key Indian entities by antagonistic forces such as China is beginning to merit critical attention in all the right quarters. This follows revelations by the U.S.-based cyber security firm, Recorded Future, which were carried by the media in the United States.
A power station in Tamil Nadu, India (Photo: Wikipedia)
State-sponsored groups in China appear to be targeting India’s power supply by dropping malware into systems, according to online digital threat analysis company Recorded Future.
On Monday, the Indian government issued a statement saying it took steps to mitigate risks posed by the ShadowPad backdoor malware that the hackers are using.
Although the Indian government acknowledged that various power grid systems across the country were targeted in a cyber sabotage attempt, it did not confirm whether a massive power outage in Mumbai last October was a result of a malware attack.
Chinese cybercampaign against India’s power grid Discovery raises question about whether an outage that struck on October 13 in Mumbai was meant as a message from Beijing about border claims being pushed vigorously
Early last summer, Chinese and Indian troops clashed in a border battle in the remote Galwan Valley, bashing each other to death with rocks and clubs.
Four months later in Mumbai, trains shut down and the stock market closed as the power went out in a city of 20 million people. Hospitals had to switch to emergency generators to keep ventilators running amid a coronavirus outbreak that was among India’s worst.
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How a warning about ShadowPad, Red Echo saved the national power grid from being hacked
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Published: Tuesday, March 2, 2021, 13:01 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 02: CERT-In, India s cyber security agency had in November detected ShadowPad malware, one of the largest supply chain attacks. The agency had alerted the national power grid operator and its regional units on November 19 about the malware and attempts being made to hack.
The National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre had on February 12 warned about Red Echo, which is a Chinese state sponsored actor group. The warning stated that the group is trying to break into the grid control systems. It was further learnt that the IPs in Red Echo and ShadowPad instances matched, following which list of the IPs and domains were sent out.