• 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 of 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. '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. 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 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 services in emergency, outpatient, inpatient, and laboratory wings were being managed manually while the server was still down.

 However, the 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 is currently being investigated by the India Computer Emergency Response 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, 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.'