IT Min steps up cyberattack vigil, asks companies to raise defence

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has stepped up its vigil of cyberattacks on Indian companies in the vaccine, logistics, pharmaceutical and power sector, and has asked these to report “any and all major cybersecurity” incidents to the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) team every week, senior government officials said.

“The frequency of such attacks has definitely increased over the last one year. But for each such attack that gets reported or is flagged by some external agency, at least 10 others are stopped in track before they can do any harm. CERT-In has been in touch with all these companies,” an official said.