Ministry of Communications &
Information Technology14-March, 2012 16:43 IST
The
website of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (www.bsnl.co.in) was hacked on 4th
December, 2011 by the ‘H4tr!ck’ hacker group. In addition, during the period
December, 2011 to February, 2012 a total no. of 112 Government websites were
hacked. These hacked websites belonged to the agencies in the Government of
Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat,
Kerala, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur:
Agencies of Ministry of Finance, Health, Planning Commission and Human
Resource Development.
According
to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) the numbers of internet frauds involving Rs 1
lakh and above have declined over the last three years from 269 cases in the
calendar year 2009 to 125 cases in the calendar year 2011. However, after taking
into account the internet frauds wherein the amount involved in individual
cases is less than Rs. 1.00 lakh, the total number of internet frauds were 864
numbers involving Rs. 824.05 lakh, 2232 cases involving Rs 1234.94 lakh and
1798 cases involving Rs.787.39 lakh for the calendar year 2009, 2010 and 2011
respectively. The state wise and year wise data is available only in respect of
those internet fraud cases where amount involved in individual case is Rs. 1.00
lakh or more.
Central
Bureau of Investigation has also registered cases pertaining to Financial
frauds under the provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000 along with
other acts. These are:
Year
|
No. of cases
|
2009
|
2
|
2010
|
2
|
2011
|
3
|
2012(upto 29/02/2012)
|
2
|
The
Government has taken several steps for prevention of Cyber attacks and
financial frauds through internet and mobile phones in the country. These are:
i.
Legal Framework in the form of Information Technology Act, 2000. The Act
provides legal framework to address the issues connected with phishing, hacking
and security breaches of information technology infrastructure.
ii.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a circular to all commercial
banks on phishing attacks and minimum set of preventive /detective measures to
tackle phishing attacks.
iii.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised banks to leverage technology to
support business processes and implement all stipulations outlined by RBI from
time to time. Banks are also advised to
ensure implementation of basic organizational frame work and put in place,
policy and procedure to prevent financial frauds through Internet. These
guidelines are expected to enhance safety, security, efficiency in banking
processes leading to benefits for the bank and the customers.
iv.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had issued circular dated 1st July, 2011 on
credit card operations by banks. The
banks have been advised to set up internal control system to combat frauds and
to take pro-active fraud control and enforcement measures. The banks are required to fulfill ‘Know Your
Customer (KYC)’ requirements.
v.
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issues alerts and
advisories regarding latest cyber threats and countermeasures on regular basis.
vi.
CERT-In is providing incident response service for handling of phishing
attacks affecting the banks in the country.
This
information was given in Lok Sabha today by Shri Sachin Pilot, the Minister of
State, Communication and Information Technology in
response to a question.
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