Indian Government Cyber Cell Warns of Hacking Attempts from China

Hackers in China were allegedly making attempts to break into the system run by the National Informatics Centre. (Photo: Reuters)

• The government’s cyber cell has asked all the departments to maintain a strict watch on the computers used for official purposes as China-based hackers were making attempts to break into the system run by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
  
  
• ‘Unusual activity’ was sighted on the official computer of a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, following which the machine was formatted.
  
  
• During an analysis of the same machine recently, it was found that there was yet another attempt to open the system of the officer from an Internet Protocol (IP) address which was located in China, official sources said.
  
  
• The hacker was using another official account based out of Kolkata to hack into the system which is being maintained and monitored by NIC.
  
  

(With PTI inputs)