The Press Trust of India ’s computer servers suffered a massive ransomware attack, disrupting operations and the delivery of news to 100 of subscribers across India for several hours.
The attack by the ransomware, which identified itself as LockBit, infecting almost all the servers of India’s premier news agency.
The virus encrypted all data and applications, forcing the stoppage of news delivery to PTI subscribers.
The ransomware, through a computer screen message, demanded ransom to provide a key to decrypt it.
"id": "PRE182016523",
"linkid": "press-trust-of-india",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "10/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"