State government’s water resources department has reported a ransomware attack on its systems.
In a complaint posted to the cyber cell, state water department has informed that all the data maintained on their servers has been encrypted and cannot be accessed.
Server has been under the cyberattack of ransomware. Under the attack, all files are encrypted with eking extension and cannot be accessed. In a popup and stored file, the attackers are demanding Bitcoins Cryptocurrency for the decryption of the data.
The integrity of the data has been altered making it impossible to back up the previous data. The server works on the 24×7 internet line and the attack was eased due to absence of antivirus and outdated firewalls.
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