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Indian firms slow on cybersecurity
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Indian firms slow on cybersecurity

Devangshu Datta
Cyber-breaches and data-leaks affecting India have been in the headlines throughout the last week. At one level, the successful cyber-attack on the K K Nuclear power plant is the most frightening. This emphasises the vulnerable state of India’s power sector infrastructure. 

At another level, the Pegasus-driven surveillance of Indian activists is the most disturbing. It suggests a pattern of systematic, illegal surveillance targeting dozens, if not hundreds, of Indian citizens over a sustained period. All the evidence so far, also indicates that it was carried out by state actors. 

The third cyber-breach that came to light this week however, sets
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