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Police deny ransom demand of Rs 200 crore in cryptocurrency as server remains down for 6th day

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Delhi AIIMS

All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

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New Delhi: The server of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi remained affected for the sixth consecutive day on Monday. The hackers, meanwhile, have allegedly demanded an estimated Rs 200 crore in cryptocurrency from the hospital authorities, official sources said on Monday.

However, the Delhi Police has claimed that no ransom demand, as being quoted by certain sections of the media, has been brought to the notice by the AIIMS authorities.

Meanwhile, the AIIMS computer facility on Monday wrote to all departments of the institute to make a backup of their files which are connected to the institute’s networks as they will have to be formatted and cleaned in the aftermath of the ransomware attack.

Reports said that it is being feared that the data of around 3 to 4 crore patients could have been compromised due to the hacking detected on Wednesday morning, reported PTI.

On Monday, AIIMS management informed that data restoration and server cleaning are in progress and the authorities are taking time due to the volume of data and large number of servers for hospital services.

“Measures are being taken for cyber security. All hospital services, including outpatient, in-patient, and laboratories continued to run on manual mode,” informed the hospital authorities.

On the other hand, Patient care services, including emergency, outpatient, inpatient, and laboratory are being managed manually as the server continued to remain down on Monday.

The India Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN), Delhi Police, and representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs have started an investigation into the ransomware attack, reported PTI.

On November 25, an extortion and cyber terrorism case was registered by the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi Police.

At present, internet services have been blocked on computers at the hospital on the recommendations of the investigating agencies, said officials.

It may be worth mentioning here that the AIIMS server has stored data of several VIPs, including former prime ministers, ministers, bureaucrats, and judges.

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Noida: Armed thieves break into mobile showroom, flee with 600 new handsets, cash worth Rs 2.5 crore | Noida News

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GREATER NOIDA: Even as cops were busy in security arrangements on the occasion of Diwali, at least three i20-borne armed thieves barged into a mobile showroom in Greater Noida and stole around 600 new phones of different companies kept on the racks and drawers of the showroom along with about Rs 6 lakh cash from inside the cash counter.
The incident happened around 1.30am on Friday when the thieves seated in the i20 arrived at Noor Communication showroom in Saifi market in Greater Noida’s Surajpur area and allegedly cut the six locks and a channel attached to join the shutter.
Possible professionals, the accused allegedly uprooted the DVR of the CCTV set up before escaping from the spot.
At least some of the accused who got down from the i20 and orchestrated the theft have been caught on CCTV cameras installed at some other buildings around the showroom.
In one of the CCTV footages, at least three accused can be seen arriving inside the lane a few meters away from the showroom a few minutes after a police patrolling vehicle leaves the spot.
The accused can be seen speeding over a pothole making the showroom owners suspect that they might be well known to the area.
“They simply arrived there a minute after the police patrol van left. They stopped at some distance and two persons have been caught on camera doing all the movement. One of them was talking on the phone while another could be seen moving around with a bag,” Imran’s younger brother Irfan told TOI.
Irfan said that while the presence of three suspects was clear, they suspect that there could be more than four persons involved in the theft.
“They have taken away around 600 mobiles of Samsung, Redmi, One Plus, Vivo, Techno, Oppo, Redmi, RealMe, Intel, etc. They have even taken out stuff from inside the drawers. It does not seem possible to escape with so much in one vehicle,” he said.
Imran said that the accused opened the cash counter and took out Rs 6 lakh cash which was kept inside the same.
“In all, I have suffered a loss of about Rs 2.5 crore,” he said.
There are as many as eight cameras installed inside and outside the showroom but the accused simply fled with the DVR.
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‘Ransomware attack’ on surveillance firm, hackers demand Rs 2.19 crore for release of confidential data

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A Mumbai-based electronic surveillance start-up recently fell victim to an alleged ransomware attack.

Police said the company’s confidential surveillance data, which was in their computer system, had been hacked and encrypted, and that the hackers were demanding Rs 2.19 crore for its release. The hackers had also threatened to sell the data on the black market if the company did not pay up, police added.

The company has lodged a complaint at Rabale MIDC police station, on the basis of which an FIR has been filed and probe is on.

According to the FIR, the company has a office in Navi Mumbai and, at present, due to Covid-19 lockdown, staff is working from home.

On May 17, around noon, the complainant, a staffer with the company, received a call from the firm’s IT engineer stating that something was wrong with the server system and data had been encrypted and was inaccessible, the FIR states.

“We have registered an FIR under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and IT Act for extortion and hacking. It looks like the company’s server was hacked from outside the country and our probe is on to get the internet protocol address,” a police officer said.

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Hackers allegedly leak data of 9.9 crore Mobikwik users in India, company rejects claim

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a person using a laptop computer: Hackers allegedly leak data of 9.9 crore Mobikwik users in India, company rejects claim

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Hackers allegedly leak data of 9.9 crore Mobikwik users in India, company rejects claim

Hackers have leaked the data such as mobile phone number, bank account details, email, and credit card numbers of 9.9 crore Indians allegedly of Mobikwik users, which the digital payments company has strongly denied. The disclosure about the data leak was made by cybersecurity analyst Rajashekhar Rajaharia who has also written to the Reserve Bank of India, Indian computer emergency response team, PCI Standards, and payment technology firms, etc.

A hacker group by the name of Jordandaven emailed the link of the database to PTI and said that they do not have any intention of using the data except to get money from the company and delete it from their end.

Jordandaven shared the data of Mobikwik founder Bipin Preet Singh and Mobikwik CEO Upasana Taku from the database.

When contacted, Mobikwik denied the claim.

The company’s spokesperson said that as a regulated entity, it takes data security very seriously and is fully compliant with applicable data security laws.

“The company is subjected to stringent compliance measures under its PCI-DSS and ISO Certifications which includes annual security audits and quarterly penetration tests to ensure the security of its platform. As soon this matter was reported, the company undertook a thorough investigation with the help of external security experts and did not find any evidence of a breach,” the Mobikwik spokesperson said.

Hackers maintained that the database is of Mobikwik and uploaded several pictures of Mobikwik QR code along with documents used for ‘Know Your Customer’ compliance mainly the Aadhaar and PAN card.

Mobikwik said that it is closely working with requisite authorities on this matter, and considering the seriousness of the allegations will get a third party to conduct a forensic data security…

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