Oil India, the major public sector oil company in the country has been subjected to a cyber-attack that has disrupted the company’s operations in Assam. Oil India has now received a ransom demand of $75 million (roughly Rs 57 crores) from the perpetrators, officials were quoted by news agency PTI as saying. A case has been registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 after a complaint was lodged with the police.
Oil India and the government exchequer have incurred huge financial losses due to the cyberattack, as the business has been seriously affected through the IT system, Oil India‘s Manager for Security Sachin Kumar said in the police complaint. According to PTI, the cyberattack took place on April 10 at Oil India’s workstations of the Geological and Reservoir department, but it was intimated by the IT department on Tuesday, April 12. Kumar said that the attackers have demanded a $7.5 million ransom through a note from the infected PC. The server, network, and other related services of the company have been affected.
