Major Power Outage in India Possibly Caused by Hackers: Reports

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Major Power Outage in India Possibly Caused by Hackers: Reports
November 20, 2020
https://www.securityweek.com/major-power-outage-india-possibly-caused-hackers-reports

The outage occurred in mid-October and it impacted the Mumbai metropolitan area, causing significant disruption to traffic management systems and trains. It took two hours to restore power just for essential services, and up to 12 hours to restore power in some of the affected areas.

Authorities immediately said sabotage could not be ruled out and the Mumbai Mirror reported on Friday that a cyber police unit found evidence suggesting that the incident may have been caused by a cyberattack.
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According to the Mumbai Mirror, investigators found multiple suspicious logins into the servers linked to power supply and transmission utilities. It’s believed that manipulation of these servers may have triggered the outage. The activity was traced to several South Asian countries and investigators are trying to determine if it was part of a coordinated effort.

The paper learned from its sources that threat actors — in many cases profit-driven cybercriminals — have been targeting power utilities in India since February, including with ransomware, BGP hijacking, and DDoS attacks.
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India Today: Mega Mumbai power outage may be result of cyber attack, final report awaited

A malware attack is suspected to be the reason behind Mumbai's power outage last month. The case is being probed by the state's cyber department and the final report is awaited

Sources in the Maharashtra cyber department have revealed that in their initial investigation they have traced the infusion of malware at the Padgha-based state load dispatch center.
The state load dispatch monitors power transmission and manages load dispatch to various areas across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) covering the Mumbai City, Thane district, including areas across Navi Mumbai.
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