Cyberattack

A cyber insurance policy is a crucial risk management tool that assists organizations in covering financial losses resulting from cyberattacks or data breaches. Let's look at features, benefits and importance of cyber insurance policy.
 

Cyberattacks on the Government of India's G20 Summit website in September 2023 peaked at 16 lakh bot attacks per minute during the conference, constituting a DDoS attack attempt, according to I4C CEO Rajesh Kumar.

Dubbed as 'New Nostradamus', Craig Hamilton-Parker foresees a series of significant events in 2024, ranging from India severing its ties with Russia and the re-election of Narendra Modi as India's Prime Minister to the potential passing of Russian President Vladimir Putin. His predictions extend to a multitude of cyberattacks and natural disasters, offering a glimpse into the potential occurrences of the coming year.

Previously, the Gonjeshke Darande faction had targeted a key steel company in Iran’s southwest in 2022. They also claimed responsibility for a cyber assault on the country’s fuel distribution system in 2021, which led to widespread station closures and extensive queues of frustrated motorists.

Increasing diplomatic tensions between India and Canada lead to a cyber offensive by the Indian Cyber Force, #OpCanada, targeting Canadian cyber assets, including the armed forces' website.

This article explores China's diverse espionage methods, from cyber warfare to political influence, shedding light on its intelligence-gathering efforts in the West.

Puthuppally's LDF candidate Jaick. C. Thomas's wife filed a complaint against cyberattack over her pregnancy. The case was registered against the admin of the Facebook Page by the name Phantom Pile. Geethu's complaint has been forwarded to the Manarcadu Police.

The AIIMS-Delhi faced a cyberattack on November 23, 2022, that paralysed its servers. The Delhi Police's Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit opened a case of cyberterrorism and extortion on November 25, 2022.

According to reports, websites of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, and those of the ministries of foreign affairs, infrastructure, education and others, experienced disruption even as Russia's bombing raids continue.

Despite controversies weighing on German-Russian ties, such as the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, several spying scandals, and a series of cyberattacks, the German government pressed ahead with the project, which was finally completed last year and was awaiting regulatory approval.

The foreign ministry and the security and defence council were among those hit by the attack, along with embassies in the UK, US and Sweden.

According to the oil ministry's news agency SHANA, only purchases with smart cards used for cheaper rationed gasoline were affected, and customers could still buy fuel at higher prices.

 It was unclear who or what took down the Taliban sites offline, though all sites previously had CloudFlare protection, a San Francisco-based company that helps websites deliver content and defend against cyberattacks.

"We may not be able to fully catch up with China. So we are trying to develop some kind of a relationship with Western nations and see how better we can get some support from them during peacetime at least, which will help us to overcome this deficiency," Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat.

The power ministry said that action was taken after it received an email from CERT-In on November 19, 2020, on the threat of malware called Shadow Pad at some control centres of POSOCO.