Hacked: Haryana discom billing faces cyber attack
Chandigarh: Billing accounts of thousands of electricity consumers in Haryana have been hacked in a cyber attack, a state discom official said on Wednesday.
"There was a cyber attack on March 21 on the Automatic Meter Reading System (AMR) through which the billing of about 4,000 Industrial consumers is being done. The said system was installed, operated and managed by Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) since 2011," said a spokesperson of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN).
He said that there was no loss of billing data as the backup is already available with the Nigam and the billing of these consumers is also not affected.
"There is no business loss and there is continuity in the business. Immediately after the attack, the complete system study was carried out by the concerned officers, cyber experts as well as other IT experts. The database was found encrypted and the backup of encrypted database was also taken for further retrieval," he said.
A FIR has been lodged by UHBVN officers.
"The Nigam had already taken steps much before to phase out the said system and to be replaced by latest, robust and technologically advanced system on cloud services which shall be operational by the end of May 2018. The billing of above 4,000 consumers has already started functioning normally," the spokesperson added.
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Delhi records high of 32.7 deg C; AQI remains 'moderate'
New Delhi (PTI): The maximum temperature in Delhi settled at 32.7 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 1.3 notches below the seasonal average, according to the India Meteorological Department.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 20.1 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 1.3 notches below the average for the season, while the relative humidity stood at 46 per cent at 5.30 pm, the IMD said.
The weather department has forecast a partly cloudy sky for Monday with the maximum and minimum temperatures expected to hover around 34 and 19 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The air quality remained 'moderate' at 4 pm, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 134, a slight drop from Saturday’s 137, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.
