Last year’s ransomware attack on vital defense unit: DoPT

• A crucial defence unit was targeted by a ransomware attack in 2023, according to the Department of Personnel Training (DoPT) 2023-24 annual report.
• The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigated complex cyber crimes with national security implications, including a ransomware attack on a critical defence unit, a data breach affecting millions of Indian users, a malware attack in a Ministry, and a massive DDoS attack on critical infrastructure and airports in India.
• The report does not specify the location of the critical defence unit hit by ransomware.
• The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) reported 15,92,917 security incidents in 2023, a significant increase from 53,117 in 2017.