Recently, last week, the maze ransomware operators hacked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), and this attack caused a massive loss of data that was stored in a hardware device. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is an independent agency that is managed and controlled by the Government of India.
It was started in 1988, and this agency is accountable for the management of a network for over 50,000 km of National Highways out of 1,15,000 km in India. Not only this, but it is also a nodal agency of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Moreover, the NHAI has approved a memorandum of understanding (MoU) along with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for satellite mapping of highways. Here, the hacker claimed that they had stolen a massive amount of data.
According to the CIO report, this attack was carried out on Sunday night, the hackers attacked the National Highways Authority Of India’s email server, but according to the Indian Agency, no data was stolen from the agency. Therefore, the agency has immediately shut down their server after this incident.
The maze ransomware operators have posted few screenshots regarding the attack they carried out, and here are they:-
The operators have also claimed that they have stolen NHAI servers and published all the sensitive data files that they have stolen. The hackers affirmed that they had leaked only 5% of the total data, as they have a lot to show.
The Chief General Manager, IT, Akhilesh Srivastava, “There was an attack that took place on Sunday night on email server of NHAI, but there was no loss of any data. The attack was thwarted by the security system and email servers of the agency, but, for extra security measures, the email servers were shut down.
Recommend mitigations
- Use a strong password.
- Enable multi-factor authentication.
- Do not share your personal information.
- Always use a reputed anti-virus tool.
- Keep activated the automatic update feature for the latest security updates and patches.
At the starting of this month, the government of India has already notified many companies and businesses about the enormous cyber attacks against individuals and businesses in the country.
According to the security report, there was around 2GB of the sensitive data compromised. The data leak holds delicate corporate operational reports like the staff list of the company, passport copy of ex-chairman of NHAI, all the details of subservient family members of NHAI employees, NHAI national audit reports, and many more.
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