Indian Energy Company Tata Power Hit by Cyberattack

One of the largest energy companies in India, Tata Power Company Limited, has reported that it has been subjected to a cyberattack, possibly carried out by Chinese hackers.

Let me remind you that we also wrote that Hackers leaked data from Pakistani energy company K-Electric, and also that Hackers Attack Colombia Energy and Metal Industries.

Tata Power Company Limited, citing the ongoing investigation, has not reported about the mechanism of attack or any details.

At the same time, Recorded Future experts note that back in the spring of this year, they warned about attacks by Chinese “government” hackers that were aimed at Indian energy companies.

According to experts, then the attackers targeted at least seven Indian dispatch centers responsible for managing the network and distributing electricity. The researchers associated this activity with a threat cluster, which they track under the identifier Threat Activity Group 38 (TAG-38).

Cybersecurity experts have reported that these attacks may be designed to facilitate the collection of information related to critical infrastructure assets, or are likely a hallmark of future activity. Actually, the Tata Power Company Limited attack that took place confirms this assumption.