Maharashtra is one of the most industrialized states in the country and is in the top league when it comes to getting investments.

Mumbai, Mar 30 (around 2:30AM) The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) on Tuesday said there was a ‘ransomware attack’ on its information technology systems.

‘The ransomware ‘SYNack’ impacted the applications and database servers hosted on Cloud DC and DR (ESDS) and local servers hosted at MIDC HQ in Mumbai by encrypting the data stored in these servers, and There is no demand from the attacker.

After the attack, all computers were disconnected from the server. The corporation also asked all its departments to shut the system and not to switch on computers until issues were resolved completely. This had caused disruption of services across the state.

Affected activities:

The attack was on the local server system to take unauthorized access of the computer system of MIDC and encrypted data. Because of this, MIDC personnel could not use the system data for over a week. This also damaged computers at the corporation’s 16 regional offices.

After impacting the ransomware on the database. It’s application went down at 230 hrs. The malware had infected some desktop personal computers across different office locations of MIDC.

Remediation:

• Isolation:- Isolate the infected system from the rest of the network.

 

• Identification:- Figure out the type of malware infection on the

 

• Involve the Authorities:- It might be necessary to report the incident.

 

• Remove the malware:- Prevent further damage or spreading of the

 

• Recover data:- Pay or restore from most recent backup available