A top police official in Maharashtra informed on Tuesday that hackers based in China attempted over 40,000 cyber attacks on India's Information Technology infrastructure and banking sector in the last five days. Maharashtra police's cyber wing collected information about the hacking attempts and found out that most of them originated from Chengdu area in China. According to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), the phishing attack campaign by "malicious actors" is expected to start from June 21 (Sunday). Moreover, Indian security agencies have identified more than 50 China mobile apps which pose a threat to India's security. According to reports filed by the security agencies, data that is important for the security of this country is being sent out to China through these apps.

Source: dna June 24, 2020 05:15 UTC