Why India needs CYBERSECURITY | Threats from Internet explained by Abhi and Niyu

India is under attack. It is happening today, it happened yesterday, and it will happen tomorrow too. This attack is not from a missile, bombs, or bullets, It is happening from the dark world of internet. Due to which the security of our country is in danger. We are talking about cyber security. Our big banks, hospitals, ISRO, and even our nuclear power plants have faced cyberattacks in the last few years. But there is never any discussion about them in the mainstream media. This is kept secret

from you. Usually when we think of data breach or cyberattacks, only one type of attack comes to our mind. The website of a company was hacked and the personal information of a customer, such as email ID and number were leaked, that's it. But the cyber security threat in India is quite bigger than this. In today's video, we will know how right under our nose India's important infrastructure is attacked every day. What is the type of attack and what can the government and we do to stay safe from

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r for the first time. All our records are now going digital, there are many such key areas where we are dependent on technology. Hospitals, railways, air traffic, you name it. 80% of banking transactions now happen through the internet. Every year we do transactions worth ₹72 lakh crore. Long story short, India is growing. Moving ahead fast. And while moving forward fast, there is a chance of falling flat on your face. When it comes to cybercrime, 2022 is the most dangerous year for India. Becau

se hackers and cyber terrorists attacked the essential areas of India. Chinese hackers attacked four servers of AIIMS Hospital in November 22. It was a ransomware attack. Where these Chinese hackers threatened to sell sensitive health data of Indians. Right now, we are just recovering from a pandemic. COVID can be used as a biological weapon, many experts say, while the attacks on our health care sector have increased by 38% as compared to last year. In total, 450 million sensitive data records

of India have been leaked in just the last year. ISRO is the most efficient space organization in the world. Yet in 2019 there were cyberattacks on ISRO, and that too exactly in the same month when Chandrayaan-2 was being launched. Foreign players got entry through malware in ISRO's computer systems. From whom confidential documents, passwords, and information fell in their hands. How did these attacks happen? ISRO employees received an email and through that email, malware got installed in thei

r official computer. Think aren't ISRO engineers tech savvy? In fact, they happen to be the world's top engineers. If they are not spared by the hackers, then what will happen to those who are new in the world of tech? That's all about space, now let's move on to more dangerous attacks. Attacks on nuclear power plants. If you have seen the Chernobyl series, then you would know how dangerous the leaks in nuclear plants can be. Technology has changed a lot since then, but still nuclear power requi

res utmost safety. India has 22 operational nuclear reactors, which generate a total of 6.8 GW power. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is located in Tamil Nadu. There was a cyberattack here in 2020 and it was not even detected for 6 months. Think about it, how dangerous it can be. Chapter Two: How do cyberattacks happen? Let us now understand what are the different methods of cyberattacks. Hackers are getting smarter day by day. And adopting different techniques. But all our cyberattacks are divid

ed into five broad categories. Hacking, malware attacks, social engineering, phishing, DDoS. Hackers get unauthorized access to a computer or system in hacking. This can lead to theft or leakage of valuable information. Second is malware attacks. Malware is such a type of software that once installed in your system, it gets unauthorized access to that system. The most dangerous of these, is ransomware i.e. digital kidnapping. Like kidnappers ask for ransom and then release a kidnapped child, sim

ilarly, even in ransomware attacks, a dangerous software threatens to leak your private photos or any data. Such ransomware attacks and scams are quite famous in America, where through a call center you are made to buy an expensive software. The attack that took place in ISRO was something like this. ISRO scientist received emails from an official email ID and there was some file in the email. On downloading, that malware entered their system. Social engineering, i.e. emotional blackmail or psyc

hological manipulation, which is quite common on social media sites nowadays. There is another technique used in social engineering, which is called baiting. Like while hunting, the hunter keeps a bait or feed in a cage, and when the prey comes, the cage closes, something similar happens here. USB drop attacks are quite famous in America, where in an organization, hackers randomly leave pen drives or hard drives. The one who gets this device, goes to become a good person. Thinks someone may have

dropped it, but who? He connects the computer to find out. If you find such a pen drive, do not connect it to your computer. When victims connect the pen drive to their computer, their computer detects this pen drive as a keyboard. These pen drives contain a malicious code, some keystrokes of which enter the computer and then hackers get access to the computer. A similar attack happened with the American military in 2008, when at their Middle East base, hackers got access to their confidential

computers. The next method is phishing. Leave the attacks coming from random email, YouTube is used by everyone. Google reported that this April people received emails from YouTube's official account regarding a policy change. Where the users were asked to download a document, fill all the information in it and send it back within 7 days. If such is not done, their account will be suspended. Think not from any random email, it was an email from YouTube's email id. Nowadays phishing scams seem qu

ite sophisticated and real. Moving on to the last method DDoS. Means Distributed Denial-of-Service. In April 2023, DDoS attacks took place on major airports of India. A hacker group named Anonymous Sudan, carried these cyberattacks. Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Goa, Kochi, all such Important international airports were attacked. In these types of attacks, it happens that the server is overloaded. In this graph you can see how suddenly the load increased. Due to this the service that is important do

es not get carried out. Such attacks also happen on many of our governmental ministries. In June 2021, China attacked the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Home Affairs. In February 2021, such attacks took place in HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, and their services went down. In September 2020, NPCI, which handles digital payments like UPI in India, was also attacked. Chapter Three: Profit from cybercrime. Due to cybercrime, there is a loss of $10.5 trillion in the whole world. If the world

of cybercrime was a country, after the United States and China, it would be the third largest economy. But wait, if it causes loss to countries, then it must be beneficial for someone, right? Chainalysis is an American research company. They tracked down the hacked money and came to know some interesting facts. 74% of the money is going to Russia. Today, North Korea is considered to be the most dangerous country in the world, who also have nuclear weapons. There are so many sanctions on this cou

ntry, that they cannot trade to handle their economy. So, they resort to crime. It was revealed in the US Senate that North Korea's one-third missile program has been funded by such cyberattacks. Recently a very dangerous news came, in which our friendly neighbor, Pakistan was involved. A DRDO scientist was honey trapped. Honey trapping is a secret operation through which a female agent befriends a high-profile individual. Records all their conversations, video calls, and later blackmails them w

ith their help. And later steals secret information. DRDO develops our cutting-edge weapons. And because of this honey trapping incident, this important information for the country has got into the hands of Pakistani intelligence. This is a matter of shame for the entire country. That is, due to cybercrimes, there is a three-fold loss to the world and to India. Number One: Important infrastructure goes down. Number Two: suffer financial losses. Number Three: Terror and war funding increases. Cha

pter Four: So, what can we do? India today is dreaming of becoming a $5 trillion economy. But these dreams will remain only dreams, if we do not solve this problem of cybercrime. Because 31% of Indians are victims of cybercrime in India. That's almost 50 crore people. But everyone talks about problems. Let's discuss the solutions. The foremost solution, is to update the laws. Dr. Pavan Duggal is a Supreme Court lawyer and also the chairman of the International Commission on Cyber Security Law. H

e believes that in India, there should be a dedicated cyber security ministry. Australia already has such a ministry, which reduces their threats. In 2020 itself, our Prime Minister had announced in his Independence Day speech that a new cyber security policy will come in India. But now it has been 3 years but no new bill has come to the table. Our cyber security policy, formulated in 2013, is in dire need of update. Our main legislation is the IT Act of 2000. Solution number two is data localiz

ation. 3 years back we made a video about dangerous data usage of TikTok. So that the users know how the members of the Chinese Communist Party are the board of directors of TikTok. And how they can use your data to attack India. After this Indian Government also banned many Chinese apps, but this is only half the solution. The complete solution is data localization. Today internet has reached in the hands of 80 crore people in India and we should be proud of that. But which apps do you use? Whi

ch of those apps collect what information from you, and most importantly, where they store this information and data, it is very important. Big companies like Facebook, Google keep India's data in Singapore. So, India cannot control how that data is being used in any way. By using our geopolitical influence and creating new laws, we need to localize personal data. So that data centers open in India. With this our data will also stay safe and there are also chances of increasing jobs in India. Th

e third solution is awareness, education, and training. In 2020, Chinese state-sponsored cybercriminals attacked Mumbai's electric grid, and tried to break our economic backbone. Such attacks are quite common. And are only going to increase in the coming times. In such a situation, basic training will also be very important. Imagine there is a faulty lock, whose cracking technique is quite popular. If you have such a lock, then it is necessary to change that lock, otherwise it will be easier for

the thief to steal. It happens that security flaws and vulnerabilities don't get fixed for years. These hackers know some known vulnerabilities, which they try first. If that try is successful, then the system gets hacked. This report by Tenable says that some organizations have not fixed vulnerabilities since 2017. The gravity of cybercrimes and information, should reach every small companies, government organization and common man like you. And that's why this video of ours, so that you are a

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