India Has Strong Defence Against Cyber Attacks: Power Minister RK Singh
NDTV
According to the reports, the hackers targeted seven Indian state centres responsible for carrying out electrical dispatch and grid control near a border area disputed by the two nuclear neighbours.
Power Minister R K Singh on Thursday said the country has a strong defence against any kind of cyber attacks, amid reports of Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeting power grid in Ladakh.
"Our defence against cyber attack is strong. These were probing attacks in December, January and February. They did not succeed. But we are aware," Mr Singh said on the sideline of a clean energy ministerial senior officials meet in the capital.
The minister also said that action was taken back in 2018 against suspected cyber attacks on the country's power supply system.
"We had put protocols in place. Those protocols are working and we are strengthening those protocols everyday. So, our cyber defence against cyber attack is strong. We are confident about that," Mr Singh said.