Advisories issued to key organisations, sectoral CERTs to check Chinese malware attack on critical infrastructure: Govt

As the state-sponsored Chinese hackers were suspected to have targeted Indian power grids and ports with malware amid tensions along the LAC, Congress leaders Manish Tewari and Rajmohan Unnithan raised the issue in Parliament seeking a response from the concerned Information and Technology ministry citing the US cybersecurity firm's study. The report said that Chinese hackers had allegedly targeted Indian power grids.