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The Bombay High Court has granted temporary injunction against a ransomware group identifying itself as "Morpheus" from distributing or disclosing confidential data exfiltrated by it from the HFDC Asset Management Company. A vacation bench of Justice Shreeram Shirsat, in the order passed on May 29, said prima facie an arguable case was made out to grant interim relief. "If the confidential data is misused or leaked or traded or compromised, it will lead to dreadful consequences and it can cause irreparable and irreversible damage to the plaintiff company," the court said. Apart from the injunction against the ransomware group from using, distributing or disclosing the confidential data, the court also directed the Union government to take all steps necessary to remove, delete, block and disable accounts in relation to the stolen confidential data. The order was passed on an application and suit filed by HDFC Asset Management Company Limited seeking an injunction against the hackers
HDFC Asset Management Company (AMC) on Thursday reported 2.4 per cent decline in consolidated profit after tax (PAT) at Rs 622.66 crore for the three months ended March 2026. The company posted a PAT of Rs 638.46 crore in the year-ago period, the fund house said in a regulatory filing. However, revenue from operations grew 17 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1,051.51 crore in the quarter under review. The company's board has recommended a final dividend of Rs54 per equity share for financial year ended March 31, 2026. This is subject to shareholders' approval. For full financial year FY26, the fund house's profit after tax grew 16 per cent year-on-year to Rs 2,858.06 crore, and revenue from operations rose 18 per cent to Rs 4,122.16 crore. Also, the board approved the appointment of Rajan Anandan as an invitee and external expert on the Technology Committee to provide an independent, high-level guidance and advise in the technology-related matters. His appointment is for a period of th