14 DAY TRIAL // According to India’s Minister of State for Communications & IT Milind Deora, a total of 78 government websites have been hacked until June this year.
A report by the country’s CERT shows that 16,035 security incidents have been recorded so far. These incidents include denial-of-service attacks, spam, malware infections, Internet scans, and breaches, The Indian Express informs.
As far as government website hacks are concerned, it’s worth noting that in 2011, a total of 308 sites were breached. Last year, the number increased to 371.
“It has been observed that attackers are compromising computer systems located in different parts of the world and use masquerading techniques and hidden servers to hide the identity of actual system from which the attacks are being launched. It is difficult to attribute the origin of cyber attacks,” Deora stated.
The government is working on protecting the country’s cyberspace against malicious actors. All new government websites and applications will be checked for security holes before being published online.