The attack allegedly occurred during the much-awaited Chandrayaan-2 moon mission that was launched in September. However, one of the officials claimed the mission's failure had nothing to do with purported North Korean hackers.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed that it was warned about a cyber-attack by suspected North Korean hackers in the middle of a landmark Chandrayaan-2 moon mission in September, but found nothing suspicious at the time, The Quint reported, citing sources.
The latest revelation comes after India's nuclear authority, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, confirmed a cyber-attack against the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, the country's southernmost state. Incidentally, the ISRO scientists were targeted “on the same server”, Yash Kadakia, founder of Security Bridge, a Mumbai-based cybersecurity company, told the Indian edition.
The breach became public on 28 October after some of the plant's data emerged on Virustotal.com, an online malware scanning platform, but the plant systems were confirmed to be “not affected”.
Traced Back to North Korea?
Seoul-based non-profit IssueMakersLab has claimed that they identified the malware as the same one that was used to infiltrate the South Korean military's internal network in 2016.
“North Korea has been interested in the thorium based nuclear power, which to replace the uranium nuclear power [sic]. India is a leader in thorium nuclear power technology”, it…
