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Healthcare

Indian Healthcare Industry saw about 1.9 million
C y b e r a t t a c k s i n 2 0 2 2 . A f e w e x a m p l e s a r e :

A hospital in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, suffered a data breach
where Cybercriminals leaked 1.5 L patients' data on

Telegram.
The Cyberattack on the All India Institute of Medical

Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi paralyzed their 5 Servers
and was made unavailable for almost 15 days. This data
breach compromised millions of patients' information.
This was one of the biggest cyberattacks in India in 2022.

pharma

In 2022, Indian Pharma companies were highly prone to
Cyberattacks leading to Data Breaches.

IPCA Laboratories suffered a Ransomware attack
launched by a Cybercrime and Extortion group called
RansomHouse. The group claimed to have stolen 500
GB of data from its systems. Since the ransom
demanded was not paid, 140GB of data about
employee records, formulation & research data, and
financial & audit reports were leaked.

Aarti Drugs Ltd. suffered a data breach by the BianLian
Ransomware group. They paid a ransom of about Rs.
15.8L, and yet the Cybercriminals leaked around 6GB of
data on the dark web.

Oil & Gas, Energy

The following industries suffered from Cyberattacks as
their Critical Infrastructure was targeted.
Oil India Ltd in Assam suffered a :
Cyberattack in which their facility's IT systems, network,
server, and clients' PCs faced a network outage. The
Cybercriminals demanded Rs. 57 Cr as a ransom.

Mumbai-based power generation company Tata
Power suffered from a severe and massive data breach
in Oct 2022. The Ransomware attack impacted their
critical infrastructure, and the Hive Ransomware gang,
which took responsibility, leaked essential data on the
dark web.

March 2023