2020 Indian NIC — malware incident affecting ~100 govt-linked workstations; phishing attachment vector (press/gov ecosystem)
Data compromised
Operational and official-use endpoints per incident reporting—Scope not reduced to a single citizen DB
Technical writeup
Sep 2020 Indian press described malware affecting roughly one hundred NIC-associated workstations after a malicious email attachment path, with investigations referencing Bangalore‑area infrastructure links in early reporting—separate from 2021 MeitY statements insisting the NIC email system itself had no unauthorized email breach.
Root cause
Email-delivered malware / endpoint compromise on government IT estate