Government agencies on the target of hackers, from Income Tax Department to CRPF were targeted

Malware Attack: Raccoon Stealer has been used to target eight central government organizations along with the Central Parliamentary Force and the Income Tax Department.

Info-stealing Malware: Information-stealing malware that is usually delivered through email. Raccoon Stealer was used to target eight central government organizations including the Central Parliamentary Force and the Income Tax Department. According to the reports, this information has been given by an intelligence agency to the agencies affected by this malware recently. The attack was reported to the affected agencies on March 24 by the National Technical Organization (NTRO), a special intelligence agency of the National Security Advisor.

Raccoon stealer malware

According to intelligence agency reports, Malware-as-a-Service ie MaaS NTRO is tracking and reporting the activity of Raccoon Stealer malware. This is information stealing malware that steals sensitive data from infected machines.

These agencies on the target of hackers

According to the report, recent analysis has revealed that there is a malicious campaign targeting the computer system of Central Board of Income Tax Department which was started by an unknown threat actor using Raccoon malware. In this, the IG of the Central Public Works Department, the office of the DG of CRPF; Assistant Director, Sashastra Seema Bal, Social Technology Center of NCERT; a Joint Director of the Institute of Disaster Management; And JLN Stadium includes a call center of Sports Authority.