Infosys Technologies, a leading Bangalore-based software
and business process outsourcing (BPO) company, had to bring down
its network, following detection of a virus attack on some machines
on the network.
"We don't have the details of the virus yet, though we think it
came through as an e-mail attachment," said a spokeswoman for the
company who added that this is not the first time that Infosys has
been attacked by a virus, and the network shut down.
"We shut off a part of our network for a couple of hours as part
of our business continuity plan," said the spokeswoman.
Other software development and services work continued as usual,
she added.
Work was not severely disrupted after the network was shut down
because a lot of the BPO work that the company does is mainly for
clients in the US, and the workload usually peaks in the evenings
in India.
The shutdown of the network only affected Infosys' Bangalore
operations, as this part of the network was shut down after the
virus attack. Around 8,000 people are employed by Infosys in
Bangalore. The company also has operations in other cities in
India, as well outside the country.
John Ribeiro writes for IDG News Service