Twitter handle of Ministry of Jal Shakti hacked: Agencies engaged in an investigation; Second major cyber attack in 9 days


Posted on 1st Dec 2022 01:38 pm by rohit kumar

The Twitter handle of the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti was hacked on Thursday morning. Since then, security agencies and cyber experts have been involved in the investigation. According to media reports, now the account has been restored. This is the second major cyber attack on a government site after the Delhi AIIMS server was hacked last week.

 

tweeted one after the other

A tweet promoting the crypto wallet Sui Wallet was posted at 5:38 am on Tuesday from the Twitter handle of the ministry. The account's profile photo was also changed from the tricolor to the needle logo, along with the cover photo to show the Sui logo and name. Several unknown accounts were also tagged in the tweet. However, after some time the account was restored and all the tweets were deleted. Security agencies and cyber experts are probing the incident.

 

Cyber ​​attack on Delhi AIIMS server

9 days ago on 23 November, there was a cyber attack on the server of Delhi AIIMS. During this, the hackers reportedly demanded Rs 200 crore in cryptocurrency, although the Delhi Police denied any ransom. After this, a case of extortion and cyber terrorism was registered. At present, the India Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN), Delhi Police, and representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs are probing the incident. The source of the hacking is not yet known.

 

There are 3 lakh cyber attacks every month in the country.

According to a recent report by IndusFace, there are about 3 lakh cyber attacks on the healthcare sector in India every month. These are the second most cyber attacks in the world. There are about half a million cyber attacks on the American health sector every month.

 

More cases found in 2021

There were at least 130 different ransomware active in 2020 and 30,000 groups of malware were found in the first half of 2021. which looked and operated identically. Out of these 100 ransomware are such that their activity never stops. Attackers are using a variety of methods, including well-known botnet malware and other remote access trojans (RATs), to deliver their ransomware to as many people as possible.

 

In most cases, they use new ransomware samples. However, Google says that there have been no ransomware attacks on any professional, educational, or customer Chrome OS devices on its Google Chrome OS cloud-first platform.

 

Also Read: Hackers demanded a ransom of ₹ 200 crores from Delhi AIIMS: Said- make payment in cryptocurrency; Delhi Police rejected the claim

1 Like 0 Dislike
Previous news Next news
Other news

Swiggy Layoffs: More than 250 employees will be laid off in Swiggy, company may say 'bye-bye' to 3% of employees

Food delivery startup Swiggy is reportedly laying off over 250 employees this month across operat

RR vs GT Playing 11: Gujarat Titans will come out to equalize the previous defeat, knowing the playing-11 of the teams

RR vs GT Playing 11 IPL 2023. The finalist teams of IPL 2022 Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals

Chandrayaan 3: Rover 'Pragyan' has nine days left... what work is left on the moon, read what is the last mission?

The journey is beautiful, let's not talk about the destination for the time being, similarly, the

India again lashed out at Pakistan in the UN, saying- first arrange bread for your people, then think of Kashmira

India has once again slammed Pakistan in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). India h

PM Modi: Prime Minister Modi leaves for Saudi Arabia; Many agreements will be signed; These issues can be discussed

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a visit to Saudi Arabia today. This visit is taking place at t

Gautam Gambhir: 'Hamara Apna Hai...', Shahrukh Khan gets emotional when Gautam Gambhir returns to Kolkata Knight Riders

Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir has returned to Kolkata Knight Riders. Kolkata made a big ann

Modi government: No legal guarantee but record increase in MSP, work done to improve the financial condition of agriculture sector

The biggest hurdle in resolving the deadlock between the agitating farmers and the government is

Mohammed Siraj: There is only one heart, how many times will you win, Mian... After the historic spell, Siraj showed generosity, and looted the gathering like this

On Sunday evening, only one name echoed in the R Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo and that na

IND W vs AUS W: India will try to break the nine-match losing streak at home against Australia, won 16 years ago

Harmanpreet Kaur's team will fight for honor against Australia in the third and final ODI on Tue

Bharat Jodo Yatra reached from UP to Haryana: Rahul Gandhi's Panipat stop was canceled, returned to Delhi without stopping, and will come tomorrow at 6 am

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra has reached Haryana. This will be the second pha

Sign up to write
Sign up now if you have flare of writing..
Login   |   Register
Follow Us
Indyaspeak @ Facebook Indyaspeak @ Twitter Indyaspeak @ Pinterest RSS



Play Free Quiz and Win Cash