Kerala Police Investigates Suspected Cyberattack After Internal File System Goes Offline
Summary
Kerala Police is investigating a suspected cyberattack after an internal file-management application went offline for four days. Police said no data breach has been detected; the public website remains operational.
Key points
- An internal application used for file management and document circulation went offline.
- Authorities launched an investigation after suspecting a cyberattack.
- Police said no data breach or leak has been detected.
- The internal system had been offline for four days; the public website remained operational.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- Kerala Police
- Victim Domain
- keralapolice.gov.in
- Incident Type
- Suspected cyberattack causing an outage of the internal file-management application
- Disclosure Date
- 2026-07-05
- Operational Impact
- The internal application used to manage files and document circulation was offline for four days as of the report. The public website remained operational.
- Ransom Or Extortion
- Unknown
- Claim Status
- alleged