https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kudankulam-nuclear-plant-denies-hacking-of-its-control-system-officials-say-audit-found-breach-6093680/
By Karishma Mehrotra
Indian Express
October 30, 2019
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday
denied any hacking of its control system. However, senior government
officials said an audit has confirmed that an “incident” had occurred,
though not on the main operations of the plant.
A third-party multinational IT company discovered the attack in early
September and alerted the National Cyber Security Council (NCSC).
A source said the NCSC set up a cyber audit team that visited the site in
mid-September. They met KKNPP officials in the first week of October and
submitted an advisory with recommendations. The source confirmed that a
“breach” had happened and that cleaning of the foreign intrusion was going
on.
“Some sort of vulnerability has been discovered,” said the source. “In
terms of the breach, there are layers. It definitely did not impact the
main operations. It affected computers that are used for administrative
purposes only.”
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