Cyber threat to government websites

 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/cyber-threat-to-government-websites-a-look-at-the-data/articleshow/63659529.cms

Cyber threat is not an exception to government sites. Recently this Friday, there was an unexpected shutdown of 10 various government websites which has provoked the officials that it might be a cyber-attack but later they got to relieve their nerves as it turned out to be a storage system failure that was a fearful coincidence, isn’t it?

There were some cyber activities which had taken place in the recent past. January 1, 2017, a group of unknown hackers partially defaced Nuclear Suppliers Group’s website. Between Nov, 2016 and June 2017, it is reported that there were 50 cyber-attacks on 19 financial organizations. From 2014, Out of 8000 hosted government websites on NICNET, 248 were defaced till Nov 2017. And the list is increasing rapidly with the increase of exploiters in the cyber world.

Government has taken some steps to prevent cyber-attacks and secure websites, The National Cyber Coordination Centre made some necessary situational awareness of existing and potential cyber threats. CERT-In has exercised 25 cyber securities in organizations in defense, IT, Energy, Power, telecom sectors to check for vulnerabilities.