The government has found 96 websites to be susceptible to cyber attacks and warned staff across departments and states using the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to not open these portals. The names of the websites have not been disclosed.
Steps have been taken to strengthen cybersecurity infrastructure.
A special Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) has been created to monitor traffic on NIC’s network and mitigate threats. A senior official in the ministry of communications and information technology said the team would inform the various departments in case of any threats.
NIC, established in 1976, takes care of the digital infrastructure of the Centre,

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