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National Internet Exchange denies breach in IRINN database

National Internet Exchange denies breach in IRINN database
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The existing security protocol of NIXI is robust and capable in countering such attacks.

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However, following this breach, security protocol has been further strengthened and review of existing infrastructure has also been initiated.
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PUNE: The National Internet Exchange of India has put out a statement denying that the Indian Registry for Internet Names and Numbers (IRINN) database had been breached.

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In an official statement, NIXI said:

It has come to our knowledge that a business organization dealing with enterprise security solution has sent information to various news agencies that it has found that an advertisement was given on darknet announcing secret access to data bases of over 6000 business and ISPs, Government and private organization and the said actor is attempting to sell this database of Indian Registry for Internet Names and Numbers (IRINN). It claimed that seller’s ability to temper the IP allocation pool will cause huge outage or distributed denial of service. It also mentioned the names of several prominent private and Government entities were displayed by the actor.

NIXI hereby clarifies that there has been no serious security breach of its IRINN system, as it has a robust security protocol in place. The hacker has no capacity to cause any damage or initiate distributed denial of service to any entity who has been allocated Internet resources through IRINN System. There was an attempt to penetrate the system and hacker was able to collect some basic profile information of the contact persons of some of the affiliates which was displayed by him on the darknet.

The existing security protocol of NIXI is robust and capable in countering such attacks. However, following this breach, security protocol has been further strengthened and review of existing infrastructure has also been initiated.

We assure our affiliates and all concerned that our system is secured and security protocol in practice is capable of handling such attacks. The claim by the actor of Dark Net is audacious and far from truth.

Earlier today, Seqrite Cyber Intelligence Labs said in a press release that it had discovered a breach in the database of India's National Internet Registry and that over 6000 Indian businesses – ISPs, government and private organisations – would be impacted by this. The hacker has priced the information at 15 Bitcoins and is offering network takedown of affected organizations for an unspecified amount.

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