It turned out to be a false alarm. The electricity blackout in Mumbai in October 2020 was not a result of a cyber attack. It was a technical error caused by a human mistake. Minister of Power RK Singh said, “Cyberattacks happened on our northern and southern region load dispatch centres but they (malware) could not reach our operating system.”
Failed attempt though it may have been, the fears of future cyber attacks on India’s economic infrastructure is real and rising. And the minister confirmed this. Attacks had been made on India’s Northern and Southern Load Dispatch Centres. And malware Trojan
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