Assam: Oil India Limited under major ‘cyberattack’

Tinsukia: The Oil India Limited has come under a “major” cyberattack, compelling the oil giant to shut down its entire IT set-up across the country to contain the attack.

The attack came less than a week after reports emerged that hackers targeted the Power Grid facility near Ladakh for the past few months, including March this year. The reported “cyber attacks” near Ladakh were carried out by China-based hackers if reports are to be believed.

Confirming the development, OIL spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika said, “Based on the advice of the IT division, all computers have been immediately withdrawn from LAN connectivity, and internet connectivity has been disabled since yesterday. On April 11, we witnessed some malfunction in some computers located at OIL headquarters in Dibrugarh.”