India is among the top 10 countries facing cyber-attacks. These
incidents have increased manifold during the lockdown period
— almost three times increase in cases of phishing, spamming
and scanning of ICT systems, particularly of critical information
infrastructure.
There is significant increase in incidents relating to hacking,
injecting malware through spam mails and other forms of exploiting
vulnerabilities. There was an almost 56% rise in malicious traffic
on internet during the lockdown period also on account of the
culture of work from home. This might be just the beginning which
suggests even more increased interest in exploiting cyber
breaches.
A news daily too reported massive “denial of
service” attacks on financial institution in the country
which, however, could not be verified. The border stand-off has
further increased worries about enhanced cyber attacks from China
and its close allies. Several advisories have been published by the
Indian Computer
