Oil India Limited (OIL), Duliajan in Assam’s Dibrugarh district is facing one of the biggest IT crisis as all Computers, IT systems have been shut down because of a cyber attack.
OIL spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika on Tuesday said, “It is a serious cyber attack on Oil India Limited. Due to the attack, OIL has been forced to withdraw all their computer system from LAN connection after it has come to knowledge that 3 – 4 computers are infected due to virus yesterday (Monday). After disconnection of all the computers from the LAN, OIL has no access to internet connectivity. The IT department is 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 which will take time to restore.”
(EoM)
