Russia-Ukraine conflict may increase the risk of cyberattacks for India

What is the News?

According to experts, India needs to up its ante against potential cybersecurity attacks in the telecom, infrastructure and banking sectors in the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

What is a Cyberattack?

A Cyberattack is a malicious and deliberate attempt by an individual or organization to breach the information system of another individual or organization.

Cyberattacks in Asia

According to a report, Asia was the most-attacked region by cyber-criminals in 2021, accounting for one in four attacks globally. Server access attacks (20%) and ransomware (11%) were the top two attack types on Asian organizations in 2021.

In Asia, India was among the top three nations that experienced the most Cyberattacks.

What are experts views on Cyber Attacks in India?

India has to be prepared for a vicious cyberattack amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

For example, a lot of the hacking community in Ukraine is not happy with India choosing to abstain from voting at the UN against Russia. This approach could lead to the hacking community being antagonized.

Moreover, there could also be a spillover impact where other nations may take advantage of this distraction to test their latest malware into the vulnerabilities of servers based in India.

Source: This post is based on the article “Russia-Ukraine conflict may increase the risk of cyberattacks for India” published in Livemint on 3rd March 2022.