Over 100 million Indians targeted by hackers as users in this city hit the most

More than 102.8 million cyberattacks targeted users in India in the second quarter of 2023 (Q2 2023), a report has said, noting that cybercrime cartels and evil hackers continue to evolve by targeting unsecured systems.

The hackers targeted weak and unprotected systems through advanced data breaches, intricate hacking techniques and sly malware attacks. As a result, the cybersecurity company’s systems detected over a million cyber threats on laptops and PCs in the quarter.

Types of cyberattacks that hit Indians
The report said that a majority of cyberattacks that hit Indians were Trojans (37.8%) followed by Infector (35.15%), worms (09.80%), potentially unwanted apps (7.03%), exploits (6.90%), cryptojacking (2.12%), adware (0.84%), and ransomware (0.32%).