Health Ministry website allegedly targeted by Russian hackers, CERT-IN support sought
New Delhi: In an alleged case of a cyberattack, the Union health ministry approached the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to look into the reported attempt of hacking its website by a Russian hacker group 'Phoenix'.
Cyber security experts from CloudSEK have claimed that the Russian hacker group ‘Phoenix’ targeted the website and managed to get access to the ministry’s Health Management Information System portal, which has details of all the hospitals of India and employees and physicians.
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“We have sought details and asked the CERT-In to look into the alleged hacking of the health ministry’s website. They will submit a report,” an official source told PTI.
CERT-In is the national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents and provides prevention and response services to government departments and private bodies.
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