MUMBAI, June 1 -- The Bombay High Court has granted urgent ad-interim relief to HDFC Asset Management Company (AMC) after the company informed the court that a ransomware group identifying itself as "Morpheus" had allegedly exfiltrated more than 680 GB of sensitive and confidential data from its IT infrastructure. Justice Shreeram V Shirsat, hearing the matter during the court vacation, observed that there was a "persistent threat" of the stolen data being leaked online and restrained the unidentified hackers from using, publishing or disseminating the information pending further hearing. The order was passed in an interim application filed by HDFC Asset Management Company in its commercial intellectual property suit against the Union of India and others. According to the company, the cyberattack came to light on May 16 when its IT administrator reported an inability to access the on-premises VMware environment, affecting several critical systems, including SFTP, DLP, VPN servers and antivirus management infrastructure. During the subsequent investigation, the company allegedly discovered an email from an entity calling itself "Morpheus", claiming responsibility for the breach. The court reproduced portions of the alleged ransom email in its order. The message stated, "Over 680 GB of critical data has been exfiltrated. To prevent this information from being leaked online, you must contact us within 3 days." Appearing for HDFC AMC, advocate Aviral Sahai submitted that the compromised data included "names, addresses, identity documents, PAN details, bank account details, portfolio details, investment details, mobile numbers, email addresses" as well as proprietary investment analyses and employee-related information. The matter has been posted for further hearing on June 16....