Russian hackers hit indian health Ministry...

There has been a cyber attack on the National health Portal, the website associated with the Union health Ministry, on Thursday. Experts of CloudSEEK, a company providing cyber security, have claimed this. He has said that the hackers of the pro-Russia hacker group Phoenix have tampered with the health Management Information System (HIMS POrtal) by breaking into the National health Portal. These hackers have accessed the personal identity data of staff and chief doctors of all government hospitals in the country. He has also expressed the possibility of this data being stolen. After this claim of experts, there has been a stampede in the Ministry of Health. The ministry has not issued an official statement, but sources say that the indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has been instructed to investigate the alleged hacking.

The hacking attack happened due to these reasons

According to the report of IANS, according to the AI wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital risk platform Xvigil, the hacker group Phoenix is angry due to the sanctions imposed by the G20 countries against Russia. Along with this, India's support of the price cap on oil prices is also the reason for this. india is currently the chairman of G20. It has been said in the report that several polls were conducted on Phoenix's telegram channel regarding the decision of this cyber attack, in which votes of the followers were sought.

What if the data is stolen?

According to security experts, if this Russian thug hacking group has stolen the data of doctors and other employees, then they can sell it on Darkweb. Out of this data, there is a demand for exfiltrated license documents and personally identifiable information. Documentary fraud can be carried out through this information.