India Boots Up To Fend Off Cyberattacks On Country's Digital Systems

Since the Pahalgam attacks, there have been numerous attempts to hack Indian websites, say officials

- Pratishtha Bagai & Jatin Grover

Here's a high risk of cyberattacks on India's digital infrastructure, government officials and cyber and telecom experts warned hours after Operation Sindoor. The department of telecommunications (DoT), along with the telecom operators are evaluating measures to enhance telecom security infrastructure in border and sensitive areas, according to officials.

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), under the ministry of electronics and IT (Meity), has issued advisories to high-risk stakeholders such as banks and financial institutions informing of the cyber attack risks and the need to strengthen their systems, a government official said.

Queries emailed to CERT-In, telecom operators and DoT did not elicit a response.

India launched targeted missile strikes on nine sites in Pakistan and Occupied Kashmir in the early hours of Wednesday in an operation codenamed "Sindoor" in retaliation of the Pahalgam terror attacks.