While probing the Petya ransomware attack on a terminal system at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) operated by AP Moller-Maersk, the Navi Mumbai Police's own website was hacked on Friday evening. Meanwhile, sources investigating the JNPT ransomware attack said the perpetrator had demanded Rs 55 lakh in exchange for the the wiped data, and to remove the virus. The source added that the website had started malfunctioning and the home page and about us page had been defaced by the hacker. These pages displayed the message: "This website has been hacked by Network 44""A case will be registered in this regard with the cyber cell after gathering information about the hacking. On Tuesday, operations at one of the three terminals at JNPT, the country's biggest container port, were hit during a global ransomware attack that affected banks and corporations in Europe.

Source: dna July 02, 2017 01:41 UTC