India thwarted China's cyber attacks on power sector

New Delhi, March 1 China carried out cyber attacks on Indian power and ports sectors when troops were engaged at the borders along the Line of Actual Control but there was "no impact" on critical infrastructure, sources in the power ministry said on Monday.

The ministry carried out a study China-Linked group Red Echo targets the Indian power sector amid heightened border tensions carried out by Recorded Future's Insikt Group and released on Monday which came to the conclusion that there were cyber attacks but nothing happened to critical infrastructure.

The report stated that in total, 21 IP addresses resolving to 10 distinct Indian organisations in the power generation and transmission sector were targeted, with a further two organisations in the maritime sector. They were targeted through a malware called Shadow Pad.

All 12 organizations qualify as critical infrastructure, as per the Indian National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre

( With inputs from IANS )