Ransomware on Indian payment system knocks out hundreds of small banks
A ransomware attack on an Indian payment system took down online services at hundreds of small banks. The payments authority later said the banks' services had been restored. The attack was found to have stemmed from a Jenkins flaw.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Online services at hundreds of small Indian banks disrupted
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack exploiting a Jenkins flaw
- Location
- India
Timeline
- A ransomware attack took down online services at hundreds of small banks in India.
- The payments authority announced that online services at the affected banks had been restored.
- The ransomware attack on the payment system was found to have stemmed from a Jenkins flaw.
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