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 almost 50,000 cases in 2015. The study suggested that operating systems were increasingly vulnerable as many were being built around legacy technologies. In 2015, India had more than 100 million internet users – an increase from just over 50 million in 2011.
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 almost 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.