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Ransomware - Is it also the beginning of cyber war (Introduction)

This is the first introduction of "Cyber Security" in the series of knowledge sharing articles to be published. A year has gone by under the fear of systems being affected and servers being hijacked due to  ransomware . Not merely fear of safeguarding our own infrastructure was running on our minds but the thought of  " what if our customers are affected ?  " did bother us. A valve left unclosed in an application, would help intruders enter and take the system down. Not sure how many are aware or if media has covered, but  One of the Major Indian utility has been hit by Ransomware . Yes, you read it right in bold and capital "Indian Major Utility has been affected by Ransomware in the month of February" (Just FYI.. The utility is  North Eastern  power utility ). For Many of the  Indian utilities , cybersecurity is " taken for granted  " or "  Compromised ". As solution providers, I See it’s the responsibility to win the custom...