CDSL detects malware, puts off settlements

No Impact On Confidential Info, Investor Data, Resolution In Process: Depository

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Mumbai: Central Depository Services (CDSL), the largest depository in India in terms of demat accounts, said late on Friday that it had detected malware in some of its computers. CDSL added that it had immediately isolated its systems from other constituents of the capital markets. Subsequently, its website was down and showed DNS (1016) error. CDSL also informed the NSE that there was a delay in trade settlement.