Maharashtra cyber cell submits report on Mumbai power outage, confirms malware attack hit power grid

The Maharashtra cyber department on Monday submitted a provisional report to the Maharashtra government on the massive grid failure which hit Mumbai and surrounding areas on October 12 last year.

The Maharashtra cyber department on Monday submitted a provisional report to the Maharashtra government on the massive grid failure which hit Mumbai and surrounding areas on October 12 last year. The 100-page report confirms a malware attack was behind the blackout and said that about 14 Trojan Horses and 8 GB of unaccounted data was found in the system, which according to the investigation was installed in the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) system by unverified sources. This report was handed over by Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to Power and Energy Minister Nitin Raut at the Sahyadri guest house where the ministers had been holding several rounds of meetings.