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After AIIMS, top medical body ICMR's servers under cyber attack: Report

On November 30, hackers made 6,000 attempts in 24 hours to breach the ICMR server firewall, according to a NIC official

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2 min read Last Updated : Dec 07 2022 | 12:07 AM IST

Hackers have intensified attacks on the server of the top medical body, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), reported Moneycontrol citing sources.

The report quoting an official from the National Informatics Centre (NIC) said that on November 30, hackers made 6,000 attempts, in 24 hours, to breach the ICMR server firewall. According to the official, an attack was made from a Hong Kong-based blacklisted IP address, 103.152.220.133.

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