EPFO data breached in 2018 ‘repackaged’ by Chinese cyber agency, probe finds
On Monday, a big trove of information was leaked on Github as part of documents relating to Chinese cyber agencies – indicating that these agencies were either responsible for the initial breach, or acquired the compromised data after that, a senior government official said. According to the 2023 India Threat Landscape Report by Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Cyfirma, India is the most targeted country globally, facing 13.7 per cent of all cyberattacks. (Created using Dall-E) A data breach that impacted the systems of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in 2018 exposing the personal data of millions of Indians was found to have been “repackaged” by a Chinese cyber agency, as per a preliminary probe by New Delhi’s cybersecurity agency, The Indian Express has learnt. However, in 2018, when reports about the alleged breach had first surfaced, the EPFO had denied that its systems were compromised, and had instead said that >> read more © Source : THE INDIAN EXPRES