Kumar’s observations can be verified with data released by the India government, which suggests that even the government-run websites remain vulnerable to cyber attacks. Hackers know that lapses will happen here since cyber hygiene isn’t being maintained by these companies.” “You’ll see a lot of these Indian startup platforms get hacked in the near future. Amid the pandemic, the world has moved very quickly to digital processes and somewhere, we forget the perils of technology,” says Kumar. They only take it seriously after the breach has happened, which is very irresponsible, but a sign of our times. “I think startups and SMEs are particularly lax in terms of ensuring cybersecurity.
Kumar feels that as Indian startups scramble to lure investors and raise growth capital in an intensely competitive market, ensuring the security of users’ data is the last of their concerns. Government-sanctioned travel marketplace RailYatri also suffered a significant data breach in August this year which left the data of 7 lakh users exposed. Earlier this month, Inc42 reported on a data leak on Indian edtech platform Edureka, with at least 2 Mn users impacted. Cyble said that the data was being sold by the hacker in various cybercrime forums for as low as $500 equivalent in Bitcoins, a popular cryptocurrency. The hacker behind the leak was believed to have exploited an SQL injection vulnerability. Last week, Cyble also discovered that data of users on India matchmaking platform BharatMatrimony was being sold on the dark web. Hackers discovering vulnerabilities and using SQL injections to pull entire databases remains a common practice for hacking.” Indian Startups Don’t Prioritise Cybersecurity “You get good money when you sell users data on the dark web. These are examples of tactics being employed for cyber warfare,” says Kumar, also acknowledging that in some cases, money is the only motivation for hackers. “There have been instances where Indian government websites have been hacked by China-based actors. Cyble has claimed in its blog that it had informed India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) about its findings on September 3. Cyble’s subsequent investigation revealed that the Twitter account had been compromised through Modi’s website’s notification linked with Twitter.
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The hack was followed by a series of tweets sent through the account, asking people to donate to several relief funds with cryptocurrency. The threat of cyber attacks in the digital age hit home, again, on October 16 when US-based cybersecurity firm Cyble Inc reported a data breach on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s website narendramodi.in.įirst indications of the website being compromised came on September 3, 2020, when Twitter confirmed that Modi’s personal account had been hacked. In the last few months, users data from Indian websites BharatMatrimony, Edureka and RailYatri has been leaked in cyber attacksĬybersecurity experts have claimed that Indian startups and SMEs aren’t particularly aware of the perils of cyber attacks On October 16, US-based cybersecurity firm Cyble reported a data breach on Indian PM Narendra Modi’s website narendramodi.in, believed to have impacted 5 lakh users
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