The ferocity of global ransomware attack has alarmed the government and it is doing everything to thwart the attack. Considering the sensitivity of its information, defense, finance, and home ministry officials took to checking the firewalls and the anti-virus systems employed by the government. Income Tax Department officials also went from room to room in Nirman Bhawan to check every computer for signs of an attack. The firewall has been checked, the report card of Tivoli, a central software that monitors virus attacks if any, and the status of the anti-virus system in each machine, called Tedtech, was carefully checked before being cleared for use.