Privacy can't be shield of terrorists and the corrupt: Ravi Shankar Prasad

We are creating information highways, and the biggest success of India's information highways is that we are touching lives of common people, he added

India’s cyber space is safe and secure and will be an important job-creating avenue in the future. Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tells Kiran Rathee. Edited excerpts:
 
There have been reports of cyber theft and data loss on a regular basis. How secure is India’s cyber space?
 
First of all, India’s IT system is safe and secure. I will not say that attempts are not made, we had a ransomware attack recently (WannaCry), but we took measures in advance. So the impact was minimal.
 
My take on this whole issue is very straight and practical. We