The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police about a suspected malware attack after one of its staffer faced difficulty in accessing his official email account on a computer.

According to a senior police official, an email was sent to the official ID of an NIC staffers and when the receiver clicked on the link, it appeared that malware had set in on that particular computer but the NIC claimed there is no loss of data.

“The First Information Report (FIR) was registered in the first week of September on the complaint of the NIC, following which the Delhi Police investigated the matter and has identified the source,” said the senior police official adding that for now they cannot disclose the source yet as they are proceeding further in their investigation.

“The reports being carried in certain sections of the media about widespread cyber intrusion involving high offices are unsubstantiated and do not reflect the current stage of investigation,” said Anil Mittal, the Additional Public Relation Officer (APRO).

The NIC of the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is providing network backbone and e-governance support to central and state governments, UT administrations, districts and other government bodies.

“A government employee had recently reported that he was having difficulty in accessing his official email account by the NIC which was lying unused for some weeks,” said Mittal.

“It was found by the NIC that there was an attempted breach by unidentified cyber actors -- a kind of regular activity over cyberspace which was, however, detected by its robust cyber security systems,” said Mittal.

“As an abundant precaution, a formal investigation into the matter has been launched and a case registered at the Delhi Police's Special Cell,” he added.