Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-10-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: Press Trust of India
Affected country: India
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Press Trust of India's computer servers suffered a massive ransomware attack, disrupting operations and the delivery of news to hundreds of subscribers across India for several hours.