Cybersecurity incidents surge by 76.25% in 5 yrs, reveals minister in RS

In response to questions on ‘Cyberattack trends and enhancements in cyber resilience for critical sectors’, asked by Ludhiana MP Sanjeev Arora in the ongoing budget session of the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada provided data on the total number of cybersecurity incidents in the last five years, which revealed that there was an approximately 76.25 per cent increase in the number of cybersecurity incidents from 2020 to 2024.

According to Arora, the minister stated in his answer that as per the information reported to and tracked by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the year-wise total number of cybersecurity incidents in the last five years were as follows: 11,58,208 in 2020; 14,02,809 in 2021; 13,91,457 in 2022; 15,92,917 in 2023 and 20,41,360 in 2024.

He also talked about the policies of the government aimed at ensuring an open, safe, trusted, and accountable internet for its users.