Chinese hackers tried to block Telangana power supply: Central Electricity Authority Hyderabad News


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HYDERABAD: The Chinese hackers’ groups that allegedly targeted the power supply in Mumbai in October last year, also attacked the Telangana State Load Dispatch Centre (TSLDC) that monitors power supply in the state. The malware targeted 40 substations in the state but the attack was successfully thwarted by the state government agencies. The Central Electricity Authority alerted the Telangana government on Monday evening that the Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) has reported from a trusted source that China-based groups' command and control servers were trying to communicate with systems belonging to the TSLDC and asked the Telangana power...