No cyber breach into NIC email system: Govt

It further noted that cyber security breach on external portals may not impas sect the users of Government email service

The government on Sunday said there was no cyber breach into the email system of the government, maintained by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).

Dismissing the report on the cyber breach, the Ministry of Electronics and IT said that the "email system is "totally safe and secure."

"It is important to clarify that...there has been no cyber breach into the email system of the Government of India maintained by the NIC. The email system is totally safe and secure," a statement from the Ministry said.

Earlier, there were reports which claimed that data breaches in organisations such as Air India, Big Basket and Domino's had exposed email accounts and passwords of NIC emails to hackers.

The cybersecurity breach on external portals may not impact the users of Government email service, unless the Government users have registered on these portals using their official email address and used the same password as the one used in that email account, said the statement.

"NIC Email system has put in place several security measures such as two-factor authentication and change of password in 90 days. Further, any change of password in NIC Email requires mobile OTP and if the mobile OTP is incorrect then a change of password will not be possible," it said.