NEW DELHI – India officially responds over cyber attack on largest and mostadvanced Nuclear Power Plant.

India on Tuesday denied that its largest nuclear powerplant – theKudankulam Nuclear Power Plant – was hacked, a day after news erupted thatthe power station had suffered a cyberattack, reported *The Diplomat.*link

A statement was issued that said the report regarding the cyberattack was,“false information… being propagated (sic) on the social media platform,electronic and print media”.

R Ramdoss, the training superintendent and information officer at the plantclaimed that the “Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) and other Indiannuclear power plants control systems are stand-alone and are not connectedto the outside cyber network and internet”.

“Any cyberattack on the Nuclear Power Plant Control System is not possible.Presently, KKNPP Unit-1 and 2 are operating at 1000MW and 600MWrespectively without any operational or safety concerns,” the statementalleged.

Earlier, a report stated that the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group may havebeen responsible for the intrusion.