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A shocking revelation has been made. With the latest update, hackers
are now increasingly targeting Indian Government websites with the new
and innovative variants of malware. If reports are to be believed, in January-October 2012 period, a total of 294 government websites belonging were hacked.
According to Milind Deora, Minister of State for Communications and IT, “A total number of 201, 303, 308 and 294 websites belonging to various ministries and departments in the government were hacked during the year 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 (till October), respectively”.
As a matter of concern, it is found; the government is continuously taking various proactive and reactive steps to improve cyber security in the country. As a precautionary step, Indian Government has also established National Watch and Warning System in the form of CERT-In. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) regularly issues alerts for users and operators to avoid such vulnerabilities.
"A ‘Crisis Management Plan for countering cyber attacks and cyber terrorism’ is under implementation by all departments of Central Government, state government and all their organisations and critical sectors," Deora further added.
Reliable insiders informed that the Department of Electronics and Information Technology has decided to spend an annual outlay (2012-13) of Rs 45.2 crore for cyber security.
According to Milind Deora, Minister of State for Communications and IT, “A total number of 201, 303, 308 and 294 websites belonging to various ministries and departments in the government were hacked during the year 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 (till October), respectively”.
As a matter of concern, it is found; the government is continuously taking various proactive and reactive steps to improve cyber security in the country. As a precautionary step, Indian Government has also established National Watch and Warning System in the form of CERT-In. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) regularly issues alerts for users and operators to avoid such vulnerabilities.
"A ‘Crisis Management Plan for countering cyber attacks and cyber terrorism’ is under implementation by all departments of Central Government, state government and all their organisations and critical sectors," Deora further added.
Reliable insiders informed that the Department of Electronics and Information Technology has decided to spend an annual outlay (2012-13) of Rs 45.2 crore for cyber security.
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