The Ministry of Electronics and IT told the parliament that India’s cybersecurity is at stake.
Cybersecurity incidents have increased sharply since 2020.
Over 17 lakh cyberattacks happened; more than 41,000 Indian websites were hacked in 18 months.
The attackers compromise computer systems located in different parts of the world.
They use masquerading techniques to hide the identity of actual systems.
The IP addresses of computers can be traced to countries like Algeria, Brazil, Canada, China and Pakistan.
IT Ministry informed Parliament that 59 mock drills have been held to assess cybersecurity and various departments’ preparedness to face them.
