Cyber attacks on Indian sites soar this year Govt Sits On Plan To Save Its Domain

New Delhi: Cyber attacks against Indian websites have increased exponentially in 2013, despite the government supposedly building a credible cyber defence system.      According to confidential reports by CERTIn (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team), 4,191 Indian websites were defaced or hacked into in August, 2,380 in July, 2,858 in June and 1,808 in May. An overwhelming percentage of these attacks occurred in the .in domain, whose servers are in India—80% in June and over 60% thereafter. The .in domain appears particularly vulnerable to attacks. Of the 2,380 websites that were defaced in July, 1,511 were on .in domain and in June the number stood at 2,296 sites.  NET SCARE  Exponential rise in cyber attack on Indian sites in 2013 Over 10,000 Indian websites defaced or hacked into since May  An overwhelming percentage of these attacks occurred in the .in domain, whose servers are in India