Delhi, Mumbai Police face massive cyberattacks from Pakistan-based hackers on G20 Summit eve
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi, Mumbai Police face massive cyberattacks from Pakistan-based hackers on G20 Summit eve

Firstpost  

The Delhi and Mumbai Police faced a slew of massive cyberattacks from Team Insane PK, a hacktivist group allegedly based out Pakistan. The attack took place on the eve of the G20 Summit in New Delhi During the ongoing G20 Summit 2023, both the websites of the Delhi Police and Mumbai Police experienced technical issues and temporarily became inaccessible due to cybersecurity threats. Users trying to access these websites were met with an error message stating, “This service isn’t available.” According to information from the Threat Intelligence platform, Falcon Feed, the responsibility for this cyber incident has been claimed by a group known as “Team Insane PK.” Notably, this group is recognized as a religious hacktivist organisation based out of Pakistan that has had significant activity in targeting the Indian cyberspace and businesses since February 2 of this year. The discussion surrounding the G20 Summit initially began with Indonesian groups like Hacktivist Indonesia Jambi Cyber Team, Ganonsec, FR3DENS OF SECURITY, Host Kill Crew, and others.

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Cyberattacks on India to Reach 17 Trillion by 2047: Study
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Cyberattacks on India to Reach 17 Trillion by 2047: Study

The Hindu  

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

200 People Falling Prey to Cyber Frauds Every Day: Delhi Police

News 18  

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India’s opposition leaders’ iPhones targeted by state-sponsored hackers | Explained
1 year, 1 month ago

India’s opposition leaders’ iPhones targeted by state-sponsored hackers | Explained

The Hindu  

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DEFCON 1: Indian organisations unable to prevent half of serious cyberattacks, need more resources
1 year, 1 month ago

DEFCON 1: Indian organisations unable to prevent half of serious cyberattacks, need more resources

Firstpost  

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India Strengthens Israel\'s Cybersecurity Amid Escalating Conflict With Palestine
1 year, 2 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Indian Cyber Force Claims Responsibility for Cyber Attacks on Canadian Websites
1 year, 2 months ago

Indian Cyber Force Claims Responsibility for Cyber Attacks on Canadian Websites

Deccan Chronicle  

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Delhi Police website down amid cyber threats ahead of G20 Summit 2023
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi Police website down amid cyber threats ahead of G20 Summit 2023

Live Mint  

On the eve of G-20 Summit meet in national capital Delhi, the Delhi Police's website is down. The Delhi Police website seems to have crashed amid cybersecurity threats ahead of the crucial international meet in Delhi. The Delhi Police website currently shows the error message “This service isn’t available”. Meanwhile, security has been beefed up across the national capital, especially …

Government issues cybersecurity alert after Indonesian hacker group attacks 12,000 Indian websites – India TV
1 year, 8 months ago

Government issues cybersecurity alert after Indonesian hacker group attacks 12,000 Indian websites – India TV

India TV News  

According to a cybersecurity notice issued by the Centre, an Indonesian cyber attack group is purportedly targeting 12,000 government websites in India. According to the alert, the hacktivist organisation has also issued a list of government websites that it claims to be targeting, including state and federal government websites. Last year, a Malaysian hacktivist group hacked Indian government websites in …

Centre releases data on hacked govt websites, data breaches in 2022-23
1 year, 10 months ago

Centre releases data on hacked govt websites, data breaches in 2022-23

Live Mint  

In the years 2022–2023, 50 government websites have been hacked, said Ashwini Vaishnaw - the Union Minister for Communications, Electronics, and Information Technology. Vaishnaw added that there were six, seven and eight data breach events involving government organisations in the years 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively, according to data recorded by CERT-In and provided to them. "CERT-In has further informed …

Forces inimical to India have ‘cyber armies’ to launch cyberattacks against India: Home Minister Amit Shah
2 years, 6 months ago

Forces inimical to India have ‘cyber armies’ to launch cyberattacks against India: Home Minister Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that forces inimical to India had constituted “cyber armies” to launch cyberattacks against India but the Home Ministry was ready to thwart any such attempt. The Home Minister said technology had penetrated to the lowest level in the country and if measures were not taken for securing the cyber sphere it could …

Chinese hackers recently targeted Indian electricity distribution centres near Ladakh, finds report
2 years, 8 months ago

Chinese hackers recently targeted Indian electricity distribution centres near Ladakh, finds report

Firstpost  

The reasons for the attack may include gaining an increased understanding into complex systems in order to facilitate capability development for future use or gaining sufficient access across the system in preparation for future contingency operations, the report states Chinese state- “In recent months, we observed likely network intrusions targeting at least 7 Indian State Load Despatch Centres responsible for …

From across the border, a new cyber threat
3 years, 1 month ago

From across the border, a new cyber threat

Hindustan Times  

Besides the older and persistent threat of cross-border terrorism, Pakistan now poses another serious threat to India’s security interests — there have been multiple cyberattacks from Pakistan-based hacker groups targeting India’s critical infrastructure and government servers. The new attacks demonstrate a step-up of Pakistan’s cyber capabilities and work concurrently with its persistent anti-India cyber disinformation campaigns such as those pertaining …

Pakistan-based hackers targeting critical infrastructure PSUs in India
3 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan-based hackers targeting critical infrastructure PSUs in India

India TV News  

Pakistan-based hacker groups have expanded their cyber-attack network in India and are now targeting high-profile targets from critical infrastructure PSUs from telecom, power and finance sectors in the country, a new report warned on Friday. The new findings from cyber security firm Seqrite have revealed that active since 2019, the APT 'Operation SideCopy' appears to be a cyber espionage campaign …

Pakistan-based Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure PSUs in India
3 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan-based Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure PSUs in India

News 18  

Pakistan-based hacker groups have expanded their cyber-attack network in India and are now targeting high-profile targets from critical infrastructure PSUs from telecom, power and finance sectors in the country, a new report warned on Friday. The new findings from cyber security firm Seqrite have revealed that active since 2019, the APT ‘Operation SideCopy’ appears to be a cyber espionage campaign …

Delhi Police writes to Google, social media giants seeking info on creators of 'toolkit'
3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi Police writes to Google, social media giants seeking info on creators of 'toolkit'

India Today  

Days after climate activist Greta Thunberg shared in on Twitter while extending support to the farmers' agitation, the 'toolkit' document is now under scrutiny. The Delhi Police on Friday approached Google and other social media giants seeking more clarity about email ids, URLs and other information mentioned in the document. We have sought details about the email ids, domain URLs …

Indian Military, Government Data Faces Threat from Notorious Cyber Espionage Group: Kaspersky
4 years, 3 months ago

Indian Military, Government Data Faces Threat from Notorious Cyber Espionage Group: Kaspersky

News 18  

Indian military and government personnel are reportedly facing the threat of spear phishing and advanced cyber snooping tactics from noted cyber espionage and crime collective, Transparent Tribe. According to a report by cyber security firm Kaspersky, Transparent Tribe has been known to have been active since 2013, and specialises in cyber espionage of critical sectors including government departments, as well …

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