Over 50,300 cyber security incidents like phishing, website intrusions and defacements, virus and denial of service attacks were observed in the country during 2016, Parliament was informed today. He added that the types of cyber security incidents included phishing, scanning/probing, website intrusions and defacements, virus/malicious code and denial of service attacks. "With the proliferation of Information Technology and related services, there is a rise in instances of cyber crimes in the country like elsewhere in the world," he said. Further, CBI has registered a total of 87 cases during 2014 to 2016. The Minister said a total number of 28,481 websites were hacked in 2013, 32,323 (2014), 27,205 (2015) and 33,147 (2016).

Source: India Today February 10, 2017 11:37 UTC