Delhi police sources have said that the computers containing the data related to the national security and VVIPs like PM Narendra Modi were compromised in early September after a major security breach recorded at National Informatics Centre (NIC).

The computers that were broken into also contain data relating to National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Indian citizens and senior government functionaries.

The attack began when NIC employee clicked the link provided in the e-mail, and the data stored on that machine became compromised, and the systems were affected, according to sources. Sources also added that the original e-mail came from a Bengaluru-based US company (the e-mail’s IP address originated there).

The government has constituted an expert committee under the National Cyber Security Coordinator for studying allegations. The report is to be submitted by the committee under 30 days. 

Congress leader, KC Venugopal in a letter has raised this issue, and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said that the claims referred to the Overseas Key Information Database (OKID) covering around 2.4 million individuals worldwide.