Eight govt entities hit by info-stealing malware

“The NTRO has been tracking and reporting the activities of Raccoon Stealer malware, which is available as Malware-as-a-service (MaaS). It is an information stealer malware that retrieves sensitive data from infected machines,” the intelligence agency wrote.

It said “recent analysis” revealed that a malicious campaign was launched “by an unknown threat actor using Raccoon malware” to target computer systems of the Central Board of Direct Taxes of the Income Tax department; the pay and accounts department of the Central Public Works Department; the office of the IG of CRPF; the DG of the NSG; the assistant director (admin) of the Sashastra Seema Bal; the Centre for Social Tech of NCERT; a joint director of the National Institute of Disaster Management; and a call centre of the Sports Authority of India at JLN Stadium.