In response to a report from Kaspersky about a cyber attack, and a subsequent disclosure by a cyber security expert that it was on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, an official from the power plant hasn't denied whether it faced any cyber attack, or was infected: only that the control systems are not connected to the Internet, and that the power plant units are operating without any operational and safety concerns. Two things to consider here: This doesn't mean that other systems related to the power plat, that are indeed connected to the Internet, weren't affected. It also doesn't mean that there weren't any concerns earlier, or that there aren't concerns related to other parts of the nuclear facility that might be connected to the Internet. Remember that a power plant had stopped operations on October 19, 2019. Also that an air-gap isn't necessarily sufficient to prevent a cyber attack on a nuclear facility. This kind of an incomplete denial, and the ad-hominem of calling credible information from credible sources as "false information" is right out of the UIDAI's playbook of denying that data breaches ever happened, and does little to address legitimate concerns. Cyber attacks are here to stay, and how we respond to them needs to be given due consideration. A few points to consider: 1. Cyber threats and attacks are going to increase: Nuclear power plants aren't the only critical infrastructure in operation, and as India digitises further, and as more institutions are created, it will mean…
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