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Cyber security breaches are up multiple times as Internet penetration grows

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With the rise in Internet penetration and use of digital banking in the country, the number of cyber attacks or cyber security incidents in India have gone up multiple times over the last few years.


 


Data accessed by IANS said that cyber security incidents related to government institutions have increased significantly, particularly in 2022.


As many as 54,314, 48,285 and 1,92,439 cyber security incidents related to government agencies, institutions and undertakings were observed during the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively.


According to official data, total number of cyber security incidents tracked by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) during the year 2019 was 3,94,499, which spiked to 11,58,208 in 2020 and further increased to 14,02,809 in 2021. Similarly, 13,91,457 cyber security incidents were observed in 2022.


The cyber attack, which put the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi out of order on November 23 was one such example. Multiple agencies were roped in to resolve the issues.


Similarly, cyber attackers on December 1 briefly hacked the Ministry of Jal Shakti’s Twitter handle. This was the second major cyber attack on a government site after AIIMS Delhi’s server was majorly hacked.


A Parliamentary standing committee in its report observed that with the advancement of technology, cyber crimes have emerged as a major issue across the globe. The cyber crimes transcend geographical boundaries, which make it tough to track the criminals.


The Committee expressed its deep concerns over the rising trend of cyber crimes in the country. It felt that on this issue, both the Central and state governments need to get together on the same boat to tackle the growing menace of cyber crime.


“The committee observed that traditional training of the police personnel is not sufficient to deal with cyber crimes as these criminals are tech-savvy and are following new modus-operandi on a regular basis,” said the report ‘Police -Training, Modernisation and Reforms’ tabled in the Parliament this month.


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Invasive computer warrants used six times in first year – Security

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The two Australian law enforcement agencies which last year won the right to take over computers obtained six warrants in the first year of the law’s operation.

Enacted last August, the controversial Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020 gave the Australian Federal Police and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission three new kinds of warrants: the account takeover warrant, the data disruption warrant, and the network activity warrant.

Official reporting shows that two of each warrant type were issued in 2021-2022. 

On Wednesday, the Attorney-General tabled the department’s Surveillance Devices Act 2004 annual report for the period 2021-2022. 

The report stated that the AFP applied for, and received, two data disruption warrants in 2021-2022; while the ACIC and AFP each applied for and received one network activity warrant.

The account takeover warrant is reported by individual agencies. According to their annual reports, the AFP was issued two such warrants in 2021-2022, while the ACIC did not apply for any.

The Attorney-General report said that the older computer access warrants – which allow law enforcement to search computers for information relating to an offence – are much more common, with 18 such warrants requested in 2021-2022 (down five from 2020-2021).

Four computer access warrants were granted to the ACIC, 12 to the AFP, and two to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.

By far the most popular surveillance warrant remains some kind of surveillance device, whether audio, data, video, tracking, or a combination of capabilities.

A total of 789 surveillance device warrants were issued in 2021-2022, mostly to the AFP which received 695.

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aiims: AIIMS ransomware attack: Servers remain paralysed for 4th day; key patient data at risk of leakage – The Economic Times Video

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With the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, still struggling to get its servers up and running after a massive ransomware attack earlier this week, cyber-security researchers on Saturday said the most reported attacks in the healthcare industry, which rose during the pandemic, involve the leak or sale of databases on the Dark Web. The exploited databases contain Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of patients and healthcare workers, as well as administrative information such as blood donor records, ambulance records, vaccination records, caregiver records, login credentials, etc.

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If you can crack the code on the new 50 cent coin, the Australian cyber-spy agency wants to hear from you | Katherine Times

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A new 50 cent coin, released by the Royal Australian Mint today, celebrates the importance of code breaking and evolution of signals intelligence – and if you can work out what is written on the coin, the Australian cyber-spy agency wants to hear from you.

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