New Delhi has rated the 5th most attacked city in world

As per a new report by Subex, attacks on Indian cyber assets increased by 207% last year and New Delhi ranked fifth among the cities that faced the most number of cyber attacks in the world.

Attacks on Indian cyber assets grew 207% in 2020 with New Delhi ranking fifth among the most attacked cities in the world, as per the latest findings from Subex, an NSE-listed digital service provider for telcos.

Kiran Zachariah, V-P, digital security, Subex, said, “2020 was also the year that saw a significant rise in inbound cyber attacks from North Korea and malware that can be linked to one of the clusters geotagged in North Korea’s approximate geographical vicinity.”

According to the findings, hackers seem to be interested in learning about India’s vaccine manufacturing capabilities and manufacturing plants associated with the vaccines. “This seems to be part of an overall effort to study, monitor, and attack the manufacturing sector in the country,” he said.

The top four cities were Washington DC, London, New York and Singapore. The report also found that hackers were interested in India's vaccine-manufacturing capabilities.

Zachariah further said that, there has been a 610% increase in the volume of regional data on the dark web. “In terms of the data that has appeared on the dark web, there is enough information to indicate that there has been a huge rise in successful cyber attacks on various sectors, including retail, that involve huge volumes of customer information.