India Pakistan stand-off: Govt asks NIC to take precautions against cyber attacks

The Government has directed the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to enhance its level of preparedness and take precautions against possible cyber attacks and hacking incidents on government websites and strategic IT infrastructure after India destroyed a terrorist training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot.

Sources said the ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY), which is the controlling ministry for NIC, instructed the department to increase its surveillance of the IT infrastructure as there are chances that hackers might attack government websites or related infrastructure. Inputs were also taken from the ministry of home affairs (MHA) on the same.