Breaches and incidents
Data Hub Pvt Ltd (Nepal): ransomware hits data centre hosting 72 brokers’ trading systems, NEPSE halts trading
Per Onlinekhabar, the attack on Data Hub’s data centre was detected early Sunday (20 Sep) and disrupted servers and trading management systems of 72...
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- Reported by a reputable outlet, citing the company
What happened
- Per Onlinekhabar, the attack on Data Hub’s data centre was detected early Sunday (20 Sep) and disrupted servers and trading management systems of 72 brokerage companies, forcing NEPSE to suspend regular trading for a day; trading resumed Tuesday.
- Root cause: not disclosed; NEPSE first called it a “technical problem.”
- No attacker named; Data Hub said the attackers’ identity would be known only after investigation.
- Data Hub said it “formatted all the encrypted data and restored it from the backup in Butwal” and that there was no data loss, while investigating whether data was compromised.