Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-03-02 00:00:00
Affected organization: Union Power Ministry (10 Substations and Transmission Stations)
Affected country: India
Industry: Utilities
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Physical Attack
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: Red Echo
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: China
Description: NCIIPC informed [Power Ministry] through a mail dated 12th February, 2021 about the threat by Red Echo through a malware called Shadow Pad. It stated that Chinese state-sponsored threat Actor group known as Red Echo is targeting Indian Power sector's Regional Load Dispatch Centres (RLDCs) along with State Load Dispatch Centres (SLDCs).