Cyberattacks  surged  3-fold to 1.16 mn last year in India

India witnessed a surge in cyberattacks amid a rapid adoption of digital services across the country following the lockdown imposed in the wake of covid.

Nearly 1.16 million cases of cyberattacks were reported in 2020, up nearly three times from 2019 and more than 20 times compared to 2016, according to government data presented in the Parliament on Tuesday. On an average, 3,137 cyber security-related issues were reported every day during the year.

“As per the information reported to and tracked by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), 3,94,499 and 11,58,208 cyber security incidents have been observed during 2019 and 2020, respectively,” the home ministry informed Parliament in a reply.