New Delhi, This is not just a
number. In fact, this is the number of Indian websites that have been hacked
between 2011 and 2014.Overall, an indicator that the problem of cyber crime in
India is a very serious one and with terrorist groups dancing around the
internet, the issue becomes even bigger.
While
there are incidents reported on the border each day, there is an all out war
that India fights on a daily basis against the various cyber terrorists based
across the world. The biggest fight is against the Chinese and the Pakistanis
who have chosen to target Indian websites, in a bid to either seek out
information or just create embarrassment.
High
crime rate, low on convictions:
The
worrying part of the above mentioned number is that these are hacks not
committed just on private sites. There are a good number of government sites
which have been attacked in recent times. In past three years, we have seen
websites of Defence forces & CBI being hacked by rogue elements. The Indian
security agencies have booked nearly 1487 cases in the past three years. The
worrying part of this entire issue is the conviction rate, which according to
statistics is just 10 per cent.
Speaking
to several officers in the cyber crime wings in the country, one gets the
picture as to why this rate of conviction is so low. Most of the servers are
based out of the United States of America and getting information has been
extremely slow.
The
Pakistan cyber army:
This is
a force that India considers to be one of the biggest headaches. This is a
force of hackers based out of Pakistan sponsored by the ISI to target
specifically Indian sites. India also deals with similar cyber armies from
China as well. However, these armies thrive since they are on the rolls of the
intelligence agencies and are paid to do the job. However, in India we find
that ethical hackers are freelancing and are not paid decently, as a result of
which the enthusiasm levels are extremely low. The Pakistan cyber army is
assigned the task of not just hacking into websites of India, but they also
prevent attacks from other hackers.
Ethical hacking:
Anoop
Dutt, an ethical hacker tells newsroompost.com that the problem is that
hacking, even if it is ethical in nature, is considered to be a taboo in India.
We need at least 8000 ethical hackers to keep our sites safe. There are
constant attacks on Indian sites and we need a full- fledged cyber army to
protect the sites. He also points out that in all government offices, only
sites and email accounts which have their servers in India must be used. There
is no question of using gmail or other services, which have their servers based
out of the country.
This
makes it extremely difficult to track as we rely on other countries. The former
Information and Technology Minister, Kapil Sibal who had suggested several
reforms on this front was found using gmail and such occurrences should be
prevented especially when these ministers handle such sensitive data.
Indo-US
cooperation:
With
this problem going out of hand, India is now partnering with the US to counter
hacking. There is an Indo-US Joint Working Group which is now working together
and the intent is to dismantle terror groups working on the cyber space. It was
found that groups such as the Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Jammat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh,
Indian Mujahideen and the SIMI were particularly active on the internet.
They
carry out recruitments on the net and are also involved in hacking to seek out
information. The Joint Working Group which has just commenced work aims at
dismantling these groups online. (Source- www.newsroompost.com)
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