Hyderabad: The TS Excise Department has temporarily halted its internet service, to safeguard its data against the ongoing malware attack. In a circular issued by Excise Commissioner R.V. Chandravadan, it was announced that C Tel Infosystems was temporarily shutting down its High Performance File System (HPFS) website, as a precautionary measure against the ongoing attack.
It further said that all operations could be performed seamlessly through the existing Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) system, until the HPFS service was resumed. The Excise Commissioner said that after careful examination of the issue, in order to protect the HPFS system, and to safeguard government revenues, it had been decided that all retailers and stakeholders would be allowed to conduct transactions through MPLS connections at their nearest excise offices.
