5 servers hacked, 1.3 TB data encrypted: MoS Chandrasekhar on AIIMS cyber attack

As in line with the evaluation of the country wide cyber safety watchdog, 5 servers of the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have been laid low with a current cyber assault which brought about encryption of about 1.three terabytes of facts, union minister for country for electronics and statistics era Rajeev Chandrasekhar stated to the Parliament on Friday. Chandrasekhar, in a written respond to the Parliament, stated that the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) evaluated the incident however stated that AIIMS servees have been controlled with the aid of using them only.

“As in line with initial evaluation, servers have been compromised withinside the statistics era community of AIIMS with the aid of using unknown risk actors because of flawed community segmentation, which brought on operational disruption because of non-capability of vital applications,” the MoS stated, adding “CERT-In and different stakeholder entities have recommended important remedial measures.”

He became responding to a question raised with the aid of using Bharatiya Janata Party`s (BJP) Sushil Modi , who advised to offer information at the quantum of facts that became compromised for the duration of the current AIIMS cyber assault remaining year. On the query of the wide variety of cybersecurity incidents stated withinside the usa withinside the remaining 5 years, Chandrasekhar knowledgeable that 4.five million instances have been stated and tracked for the duration of the stated time period.

Opening up at the government`s plan to reduce down on such assaults withinside the future, the MoS delivered that the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) had formulated a draft National Cyber Security Strategy, which ambitions at holistically addressing troubles of safety of the country wide cyberspace.

The AIIMS, Delhi allegedly confronted a cyber assault on November 23, paralysing its servers. A case of extortion and cyber terrorism became registered with the aid of using the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi Police on November 25.