Union Power Minister RK Singh on Thursday said that the country’s power grid is well prepared to get better protection from cyber attacks. According to a report, while the threat of cyber attacks aimed at power networks remains an issue, the minister said that the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 will include a provision for regular inspection of the national electricity grid. Government efforts to improve the cyber security of Lightning networks that have been previously targeted by cyber attacks.
The Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 includes a provision made by the Ministry of Power that allows national oversight electricity gridAccording to a PTI report. will help maintain the inspection cyber hygiene in the power grid, which has faced cyber attacks On more than one occasion in the past year.
According to the report, the power ministry is aware of the source of the attacks on the power transmission system, which is why the provision for regular inspections has been included.
“Therefore, we are empowering our central (national) load dispatch center so that it can inspect and give instructions. We have a grid in the country and if there is some problem in one corner of the country then the whole grid may collapse. That is why this provision has been made.”
In April, the minister was announced that attempts by hackers based in China aimed at power distribution centers near Ladakh were blocked. He had said at that time that power transmission in the Union Territory has been targeted twice.