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[The Northlines]Railways at risk of Cyber-attacks, data theft – Northlines

[The Northlines]Railways at risk of Cyber-attacks, data theft – Northlines

Railways at risk of Cyber-attacks, data theft Rajeev Narayan In June, when India was under lockdown because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the defence forces were in a dangerous faceoff with the Chinese army on the Ladakh border, the Indian railway network came under cyberattack. Indian Railways was hit by a malware APT 26 that was stealing its data, including train movements, and storing it in foreign locations. The Railway Board had to immediately disconnect the system from the internet and change the password. Curiously, the cyberattack happened barely a day after the government cancelled a 417-km signalling project worth Rs 471 crores with a Chinese company. Not only our rail system but our nation’s power transmission grid, oil networks, dams and airports are increasingly targets of hackers. Just last year, Indian media reported India’s power sector faced rising cyberattacks, with an average of 30 reported ...

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