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Hacking

158,000

Number of smart meters that were 'erroneously' disconnected in Uttar Pradesh. At around 3:30 PM on 12 Aug 2020, a command was given by someone to disconnect all 1.23 million smart meters. The EESL team came to know of it at around 4:30 PM, and stopped the shutdown process. Immediate restoration protocol was triggered after the incident & the reconnection command was issued at 16.48 hrs on all disconnected meters. Consequently, EESL has been successful in restoring 90% of connections by 11:30 pm.

Last Modified: 15-Aug-2020 2:29 AM

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Posted by Numerical Team in Energy

Tags Smart Meters Hacking Uttar Pradesh EESL

Source EESL

10 million

Daily cyber penetration attacks on the Pentagon

Last Modified: 12-Mar-2017 8:12 PM

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Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Environment

Tags Cyber Security Cyber Warfare Hacking Pentagon USA

Source Fareed Zakaria GPS

$400 billion

Estimated amount companies lose to hackers each year, according to the insurance group Lloyd's of London.

Last Modified: 11-Jan-2017 2:11 PM

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Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Business & Industry

Tags Cyber Security Cyber Warfare Hacking

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