Cybercrime in India rose by approximately 350 per cent from 2011 to 2014, as operational systems built around legacy technologies with weaker protocols are more prone to cyberattacks, a joint study by Assocham-PwC said. The cases were registered under the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000, from 2011 to 2014. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has also reported a surge in the number of incidents handled by it, with close to 50,000 security incidents in 2015, noted the study titled ‘Protecting Interconnected Systems In The Cyber Era.’ The study ...
A joint study by Assocham-PwC found that cyber crime cases in India, registered under the Information Technology Act (2000), rose around 350% between 2011 and 2014. There was also a surge in the number of security incidents handled by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, with close to 50,000 cases in 2015. The study suggested that operating systems were increasingly vulnerable as many were being built around legacy technologies. India is a growing target for cybercriminals due to its increasing uptake of internet and smartphones.