Pimpri-Chinchwad Smart City project faces ransomware attack

Servers of Pimpri-Chinchwad Smart City Project have been subjected to a ransomware attack, causing the project an estimated loss of Rs 5 crore. As per the police complaint, the attackers have demanded a ransom to be paid through Bitcoins.

The attack took place on February 26 and a criminal offence regarding this was registered at Nigdi police station on March 9 by Mahendra Laxminarayan Lathi (55), who is a manager at Tech Mahindra, which manages the project that involves finding technological solutions for city network, smart traffic, parking, environment, CCTV surveillance, data center and disaster recovery center, among others.