Surge in cyber attacks on Indian vax makers in Oct-Nov: Report

New Delhi, Nov 27 : There has been a massive surge in cyber attacks against the India vaccine makers and hospitals in the month of October and December, a new report warned on Friday.
According to latest research by New Delhi-based think tank CyberPeace Foundation, nearly 80 lakh attacks were recorded between October 1 and November 25 observed on the healthcare sector-based ‘Threat Intelligence Sensors’ network specifically simulated in India.
In October, a total of 54,34,825 and in November (till now), a total 16,43,169 number of cyber-attack events have been identified on the network.
According to the report, exposed systems that are unmonitored and facing the Internet are the most attacked system for the attackers.
The research showed that Internet-facing systems having Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) enabled, old windows server platform were the most attacked ones.
“Many ransomware attacks have taken place on the healthcare sector during this crisis, to be specific starting in April 2020,” the Foundation said in a statement.