Oil India HQ Hit With Massive Cyberattack, Hackers Demands Rs 60 Crore In Bitcoin

According to OIL India spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika, there's been no data breach in the attack, which seemed to have taken place on April 10. The source of the Oil India HQ attack, which was hit with massive cyberattack followed by hackers demanding Rs 60 crore in bitcoin, is still being investigated by police.

The registered headquarters of state-run Oil India Limited (OIL) in Duliajan, Assam's Dibrugarh district, is under assault from the "biggest cyberattack in recent years."

“It is a virus, it is a fairly severe and strong virus. It has impacted some of our servers — restoration will take some time. We are also taking the help of external experts,” OIL spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika informed the media, going on to add that no data breaches had occurred thus far. “This is the biggest attack that we have faced in recent years,” reports The Print.

Shwetank Mishra, Superintendent of Police (SP) in Dibrugarh, stated that hackers demanded an extortion mone...

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