India confirms malware attack at Kudankulam nuclear power plant
New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government on Wednesday confirmed that malware was detected at state-run Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd’s (NPCIL) Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) in September.
This information regarding India’s largest nuclear power plant was provided by Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), and MoS in charge of Atomic Energy and Space, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
State-run Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd, or NPCIL runs India’s fleet of 22 commercial nuclear power reactors with an installed capacity of 6,780 megawatts (MW).
