Data leaks: India sixth on global breach list, this CERT-IN directive may worsen situation

India ranked sixth among the countries with the highest number of data breaches. Eighteen out of every 100 Indians have been hit by data breaches since 2004, cybersecurity company Surfshark said in a report.

India’s breach rate was 740% higher than the first quarter, as of June 1, rising from five to 42 breached accounts a minute. And an Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) directive could worsen the situation and put even more user data at risk, Surfshark said. The CERT-In directive orders to store and hand-over larger amounts of personal customer data upon government request.