Petya ransomware attack: JNPT, other Indian firms affected

Impact on more Indian companies is still being observed

The nation’s largest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT), near Mumbai was hit, along with local manufacturing units of global companies, by ransomware Petya, the government confirmed on Wednesday.

At least one terminal operated by APM Maersk at the busy JNPT was under attack since Tuesday night, affecting cargo movement. Other firms that reported similar attacks were advertising giant WPP, chocolate maker Mondelez, Beiersdorf, and consumer goods major RB. 

The recent wave of cyberattacks, first reported in Ukraine on Tuesday, uses tools similar to WannaCry, a ransomware that had hit systems across the world a few weeks earlier. Top information