Centre confirms data breach at BSNL

The Centre on Wednesday confirmed that there had been a data breach in the systems of state-owned telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited in May.

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team reported the “possible intrusion and data breach” at the telecom operator on May 20, Union Minister of State for Communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani said in a written response to a question by Congress MP Amar Singh in the Lok Sabha.

The Computer Emergency Response Team, which is the country’s national cyber security agency, operates under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.