ISLAMABAD -Twitter went abuzz with reports of a cyber attack at theKudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. The unverified reports pointed to a variantof a virus known as ‘DTrack RAT’ having infected the systems at theKudankulam Nuclear Power Plant.
A report by news agency IANS from earlier month saying that one of the twopower reactors at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant had suspendedoperations was linked by Twitter users to this alleged cyber attack.
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, the most powerful such station inIndia, has denied that it was the target of a cyber attack, clarifying thatits network is “stand alone” and is not connected to the outer internet.”Any cyber attack on the Nuclear Power Plant Control System is notpossible,” an information officer for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plantsaid in a statement, India today has reported.
Reacting to the social media posts, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor called foran explanation from the government. “This seems very serious. If a hostilepower is able to conduct a cyber attack on our nuclear facilities, theimplications for India’s national security are unimaginable.
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The Government owes us an explanation,” Tharoor, who heads theparliamentary standing committee on information technology, said in a tweet
