ICAR data breach: Head of institute replaced 3 days before end of term

Following a “cyber attack” earlier this year that led to the loss of “crucial data” from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), from recruitment to research projects, the organisation has removed the director of the institute in charge of the data centre just three days prior to the completion of his tenure at the post, The Indian Express has learnt.

According to sources, the country’s premier agricultural research organisation has also shunted out two Principal Scientists associated with the institute as part of its crackdown following a report submitted by an inquiry committee that probed the breach.

The Indian Express first reported in July about the data breach and that a six-member inquiry committee had been set up following a directive from Union Minister Shiv