“The restoration will happen today, it was a cautious move so that the rest of the payment system remains isolated from the fallout of the malware attack,” one of the persons cited above said. “C-Edge is also in the process of hiring a forensic auditor to investigate the matter.”
ET has learnt that NPCI was informed about the ransomware attack on July 26.
C-Edge had hired Brontoo Technology Solutions to deploy connectivity with Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS). For this Brontoo was using Amazon Cloud Server, from where the attack could have likely emanated, people in the know said.
On Wednesday, NPCI released a statement which said that C-Edge Technologies has been possibly impacted by a Ransomware attack impacting a few of their systems.“To prevent larger impact to the payment ecosystem, NPCI has temporarily isolated C-Edge Technologies from accessing the retail payment systems operated by NPCI. Customers of banks serviced by C-Edge will not be able to access payment systems during the period of isolation,” it said.It also stated that restoration work was underway and would be restored at the earliest.