Number of cyber attacks increasing continuously in India, so many lakh cases were reported till November this year

Cyber ​​crime: In the last few years, there has been a steady increase in the number of cyber attacks in India. This year also the total number of cyber attacks reported and tracked by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is 12,67,564 (till November), Parliament was told on Wednesday. The number of such incidents increased from 2,08,456 in 2018 to 3,94,499 in 2019, 11,58,208 in 2020 and 14,02,809 in 2021, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar told the Lok Sabha in a written reply. Told.

Government fully aware of cyber security threats

He said that the rapid growth of internet with anonymity along with borderless cyber space, increase in cyber attacks and cyber security incidents is a global phenomenon and the government is fully aware of various cyber security threats. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is empowered to monitor and monitor cyber security incidents in India. In the recently notified cyber security directive, CERT-In has now made it mandatory to report all incidents.

The minister said that CERT-In operates an automated cyber threat exchange platform for proactively collecting, analyzing and sharing alerts with organizations across these sectors for proactive threat mitigation action by them. According to CERT-In’s analysis, the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of computers from where the attacks appear to have originated from several countries.

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The reply further stated that the government has formulated the National Cyber ​​Security Policy 2013 to create a secure and resilient cyberspace for citizens, businesses and the government and to protect information and information infrastructure in cyberspace, prevent and respond to cyber threats. Published with a view to build capabilities, reduce vulnerabilities and reduce losses from cyber incidents.

In addition, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued the National Information Security Policy and Guidelines to Central Ministries as well as State Governments and Union Territories with the objective of preventing information security breaches and cyber intrusions in Information and Communication Technology infrastructure.

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