India's
Cyber Security Unit CERT-In said on Monday that it has not received any
formal reports of ransomware-Wanakrai cyber attacks spreading rapidly across
the world on important computer networks of India. Meanwhile, Information
Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the global cyber attack has
not had any serious impact on India. He said that the National Informatics
Center (NIC) of the government is working well.
Vanakrai
badly affects the computer and locks the way to access the files on it. Cyber
criminals have demanded $ 300 bitsquine (crypto currency) for opening
(unlocking) it. However, it is not clear now that access to the demand money is
restored or not.
India is on
high alert, computer networks are being monitored in areas such as banking,
telecommunications, electricity and aviation to ensure that the computer
remains escaped by this attack. Vanakrai has hunted more than 150 countries in
the last weekend.
DG of Indian
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) Sanjay Behl said, "So far,
everything is looking normal. CERT-in has not received any reports. We are in
touch with Microsoft and others. He has not even got any reports. He said that
the Government Portal- Cyber Hygiene Center being updated on regular basis
from Saturday on information about cyber security.
Vanakrai has
influenced computer networks in more than 150 countries, including Russia and
the UK, and is being described as one of the most widely circulated cyber
attacks in history. According to the report, more than two lakh computer
systems have been affected by this software globally. Those providing security
solutions have started to develop tools to overcome this crisis.
In the
global security report, India is being counted among the most affected
countries, while public and private agencies are working day and night to
prepare a security cover (Firewall) to protect their computers with any
possible attack.
----Sonal