According to CERT-In : Indian sites hacked most in 2010 !
Jan 03, 2011
System administrators would surely want to forget the year 2010, which saw a sharp increase in the number of cyber attacks on Indian websites. According to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the defacement of websites with India specific domain ‘.in’ tripled in 2010. Around 8,864 websites with domain name ‘.in’ were defaced in 2010 (January to November period) as compared to around 3,000 in the same period in 2009 , CERT-In claims. In 2007, just 1,693 websites with ‘.in’ domain were defaced. According to analysts, the rise in these incidents is because of poor security mechanisms adopted by individuals and small traders, who have been hosting their websites by themselves. Apart from the defacing websites, cyber attacks are now emerging as a new threat to the national security. In December, the website of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was hacked by Pakistani hackers. In 2010, former National Security Adviser (NSA), Mr M.K. Narayanan, had said that Chinese hacke...
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