No breach of NIC emails: Government clarifies

The Indian government, today, clarified that its email system, which is maintained by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), has not been breached. “The email system is totally safe and secure,” the government said in its statement. The clarification came after reports said that the recent breaches of Air India, Big Basket and Domino’s exposed email accounts and passwords of NIC to hackers.

According to the government, cyber breaches of external portals “may not impact” those who used the Government Email Service, unless those users have registered on these portals using the official emails and passwords. It also said that the NIC email system has several security measures in place, including two-factor authentication and periodic password changes (every 90 days).