No breach into NIC e mail system: IT Min

There has been no cyber breach into the e-mail system of the federal government, maintained by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), an official launch stated on Sunday.
The e mail system is “totally safe and secure”, the Ministry of Electronics and IT stated whereas dismissing a report claiming that information breaches in organisations comparable to Air India, Big Basket and Domino’s had uncovered e mail accounts and passwords of NIC emails to hackers.
“In view of this, it is important to clarify that…there has been no cyber breach into the email system of the Government of India maintained by the NIC. The email system is totally safe and secure,” the discharge stated.
It additional famous that cyber safety breach on exterior portals might not affect the customers of Government e mail service, except the Government customers have registered on these portals utilizing their official e mail tackle and used the identical password because the one utilized in that e mail account.
“NIC Email system has put in place several security measures such as two-factor authentication and change of password in 90 days. Further, any change of password in NIC Email requires mobile OTP and if the mobile OTP is incorrect then change of password will not be possible,” it stated, including that any try of phishing utilizing that specific e mail might be mitigated by NIC.