AIIMS Cyber Attack: 5 Servers Hacked, 1.3 TB Data Encrypted, MoS Chandrasekhar

The Indian Computer Emergency Report Team (CERT-In) looked into the situation, according to Chandrasekhar, who also emphasised that they were the only ones in charge of managing the AIIMS servers in a written response to Parliament. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, union minister of state for electronics and information technology, stated in Parliament on Friday that five servers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) were impacted by a recent cyber intrusion that led to the encryption of almost 1.3 gigabytes of data. The Indian Computer Emergency Report Team (CERT-In) looked into the situation, according to Chandrasekhar, who also emphasised that they were the only ones in charge of managing the AIIMS servers in a written response to Parliament. "According to early investigation, an unknown attacker affected servers in the AIIMS information technology network."The non-functioning state of important apps caused operational inconvenience, according to the MoS, which added that "CERT-In and other stakeholder bodies have recommended appropriate corrective steps."Sushil Modi, the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had questioned him about the volume of data that had been stolen during the latest cyberattack on the AIIMS last year. In response to our inquiry on the number of cybersecurity incidents recorded in the nation during the previous five years, Chandrasekhar provided us with the information that 4.5 million cases were both reported and tracked during that time. The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) has developed a draught National Cyber Security Strategy, which aims at comprehensively addressing concerns of security in the national cyberspace, the MoS said, outlining the government's goal to reduce such assaults in the future. On November 23, the AIIMS, Delhi, purportedly came under a cyberattack that rendered its servers unusable.The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) division of the Delhi Police has filed a case of extortion and cyberterrorism.