After AIIMS Delhi, attempts on ICMR’s server
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A report uncovered that there are were more than 6,000 attempts were made to hack the server of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on November 30 but the hackers were not successful in their pursuit, according to official sources. The website, however, couldn't be hacked because of updated firewall and enhanced security measures being adopted.
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is an Autonomous Organization under the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India. It is the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world. Reportedly the IP address of the hacker was found to be a Hong Kong-based blacklisted IP.
"The site is hosted at NIC Data Centre, the firewall is from NIC (National Informatics Centre) and is regularly updated. NIC was informed through email regarding a cyber attack and has reported that the attack was prevented. ICMR has found the website in the order. The in-house infrastructure is protected by a customized open-source firewall (PFSense). Further, inbound and outbound internet traffic is strictly controlled and regularly monitored for any suspicious activity on all the active interfaces.
The report says, there was no website downtime after the cyberattack on ICMR. They did, however, point out that similar hacker attacks on the ICMR cyberinfrastructure are frequent, necessitating the strengthening of the infrastructure for cyber security.
The source claimed that similar hacker attacks on the ICMR cyber-infrastructure occur frequently; as a result, the infrastructure for cyber security needs to be updated and strengthened to minimise further harm. Modern cyberinfrastructure products like Network switches, Access Points, Storage, etc. have a limited number of vendors that fall under the Make-In-India category; as a result, other options will also be considered.
ICMR's cyber infrastructure and security procedures were reportedly reviewed on 2 December by the director general and secretary of the Department of Health Research (DHR), according to the sources. After a security audit by an organisation that has been appointed by CERT-IN, it was disclosed that the ICMR website is now hosted in the NIC cloud.
On December 4, a cyber attack was reported at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi had previously stated that although the hospital had been the target of a cyberattack in the middle of November, the manual OPD process had little effect on services. After a cyberattack on 23 November on its e-hospital facility, services at AIIMS New Delhi are still provided manually. E-hospital services are expected to begin in the middle of this week, according to AIIMS officials. According to sources, anti-virus software has been uploaded and about 4000 computers have been scanned for added security.
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