--- title: "The ICMR website received 6,000 unsuccessful hacking attempts per day." description: "According to a representative, the NIC data centre, which uses the NIC firewall that is continuously updated, hosts the ICMR website." author: "Muskan Singh" published: 2022-12-06 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2508/the-icmr-website-received-6-000-unsuccessful-hacking-attempts-per-day category: "data security" tags: ["database", "database security", "data breach", "data protection"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # The ICMR website received 6,000 unsuccessful hacking attempts per day. - On November 30, hackers from Hong Kong attempted to attack the ICMR website. - Services at the AIIMS in Delhi were recently paralysed by an alleged ransomware attack. - According to the official, the ICMR website's material is secure. According to a government official, hackers allegedly tried to hack the [Indian Council](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39249/who-will-be-the-new-chairman-of-the-indian-council-of-historical-research-ichr) of [Medical Research](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/111937/what-s-the-significance-of-recent-breakthroughs-in-medical-research) (ICMR) website, but their attempts were unsuccessful. **The official reported that on November 30, hackers who were reportedly from Hong Kong attempted to attack the ICMR website 6,000 times in a 24-hour period.** The strikes occur shortly after the purported ransomware attack that allegedly crippled Delhi's AIIMS [online services](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/36616/how-effective-is-advertising-on-offline-conferences-specifically-for-online-services). 'The information on the ICMR website is secure. The firewall is from NIC and is updated frequently because the website is hosted at NIC [Data Center](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/53507/cisco-ccna-data-center-200-155-exam-questions-and-answers). The attack has been successfully stopped, 'added the official. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, had its system hijacked by a [**cyberattack**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2249/an-australian-defence-communications-platform-has-been-attacked-by-ransomware) last month. At the time, it was claimed that the breach discovered on the hospital's server may have exposed the data of 3–4 crore patients. According to a report, hackers demanded Rs. 200 crore in cryptocurrency from the university and [patient care](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/114437/how-do-interdisciplinary-teams-in-healthcare-foster-collaboration-for-improved-patient-care) services in emergency, outpatient, inpatient, and laboratory wings were being managed manually while the server was still down. However, the [Delhi Police](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33841/who-has-been-appointed-as-the-new-commissioner-of-delhi-police) later stated in a statement that the AIIMS authorities had not approached them with a ransom demand, despite some media outlets reporting otherwise. The [**ransomware attack**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2230/pathology-data-stolen-in-australia-as-hacking-plague-spreads) is currently being investigated by the India Computer [Emergency Response](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32865/who-is-covered-by-the-occupational-safety-and-health-administration-s-osha-hazardous-waste-operations-and-emergency-response-standard-hazwoper) Team (CERT-IN), Delhi Police, and members of the Ministry of Home Affairs. **The Delhi Police's Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit filed a case of extortion and cyberterrorism on November 25.** A number of VIPs, including previous [prime ministers](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40277/how-many-prime-ministers-have-been-awarded-the-bharat-ratna-till-date), ministers, bureaucrats, and judges, have data saved on the AIIMS computer. At the time, one of the individuals informed PTI that 'hackers had purportedly sought roughly Rs 200 crore in cryptocurrencies.' --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2508/the-icmr-website-received-6-000-unsuccessful-hacking-attempts-per-day Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.