Fake News alleging Cyber attack on Indian Nuclear Power Plants goes viral. Discover the facts here

Some Pak-based handles took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and shared news claiming that a cyber attack occurred on multiple Indian nuclear power plants and an emergency was declared.

A pak handle “Ironclad” posted an image of nuclear power plants and claimed: “#BREAKING Cyber attack on multiple Indian nuclear power plants, emergency declared”

Furthermore, several other pak-handles posted images of nuclear power plants and shared similar news. The link can be seen here, here and here.

Fact-check

The DFRAC team fact-checked the above viral claim. On searching some keywords in this regard, we discovered that no reports had been published by any media outlet supporting the above news.

Moreover, no updates have been found on the website of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited concerning the above-shared news.

Conclusion

It is evident from DFRAC’s fact-check that the news alleging that a cyber attack has occurred on multiple Indian nuclear power plants and an emergency has been declared is completely fake since no reports or updated evidence has been available online in this regard

Analysis: fake