OIL Cyber attack update: Hackers demands 7500000 USD as ransom through note from infected PC

The OIL server network and other related services are affected due to the cyber attack on Sunday. It is learnt that the cyber attacker has demanded 7500000 USD as a ransom through a note from the infected PC. 

The Oil India Limited authority has lodged a FIR at Duliajan Police station in this regard. Due to this cyber attack, ransomware, OIL and Govt. the exchequer has incurred huge financial loss as business through IT has been seriously affected.

Oil India Limited’s registered headquarter at Duliajan in Assam’s Dibrugarh district is facing one of the biggest IT crisis. The premier national oil company  is purportedly under a cyber attack which has led to the company shutting down all its computers and IT systems at the office, a company spokesman said on Tuesday.

The systems have been shut down since Monday, and measures are on to resolve the problem , OIL spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika stated.

As per Hazarika, “It is a serious cyber attack on OIL, Duliajan. Because of the attack, OIL has been forced to withdraw all their computer systems from LAN connection after it has come to the knowledge that 3 – 4 computers are infected due to the virus yesterday. 

After the disconnection of all the computers from the LAN, OIL has no access to Internet connectivity. The IT department has yet to ascertain the extent of damage. OIL is working on solving the issue.

Previously also OIL faced such problems but this time it seems the biggest IT related crises will take time to restore.” – said Hazarika.

Meanwhile, the OIL has lodged an FIR at the Duliajan Sadar Police Station. Currently, debugging is going on.