Breaches and incidents
Uttarakhand ITDA (India): malware hits 10 state department websites including CM Relief Fund
On Saturday 1 Aug 2026 malware affected about 10 Uttarakhand government sites, including the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, PWD, Food and Civil Supplies...
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What happened
- On Saturday 1 Aug 2026 malware affected about 10 Uttarakhand government sites, including the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, PWD, Food and Civil Supplies, UREDA, State Tax, ESIC, Transport and Tourism; the portals were taken offline to stop spread and restored hours later from backups at the state data centre (OneIndia, Amar Ujala).
- Root cause: not disclosed.
- Attacker: not identified.
- Response: ITDA Director Alok Pandey said the situation was brought under control quickly. Officials credited backups introduced after the October 2024 attack that took nearly 90 sites offline for days.