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50% Websites of Indian Firms Hacked Into
Date:  Wednesday, 24 July 2002
<a href="http://www.ds-osac.org/edb/cyber/news/story.cfm?KEY=8573">http://www.ds-osac.org/edb/cyber/news/story.cfm?KEY=8573>


Source:  The Economic Times

Story:  PUNE: Calling for greater awareness regarding cyber laws,
Vijayshankar, advisor to the Union information and technology ministry,
said on Monday that almost 50 per cent of Indian companies recently
accepted in a survey that attempts were made to hack into their
websites.

Delivering a keynote address at a seminar on cyber laws organised by the
Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce (BMCC) and Delphi Computech,
Viyajshankar said cyber crimes were prevalent in India, but were not
being reported.

"People affected by these crimes do not know what to do and the police,
too, are not well-equipped to solve these crimes," he said. Highlighting
the gravity of cyber crimes, he said that as per a recent survey in the
US, almost 90 per cent companies said that there was a breach of
security in their cyberspace and 60 per cent companies confessed to
having lost considerable money.

Elaborating on the importance of cyber law literacy, Vijayshankar said
cyberspace was expanding by leaps and bounds in India.

"By 2005, we expect to have three crore users of cyberspace for business
with the ecommerce business volume reaching Rs 15,000 crore from Rs
6,000 crore in 2001. The daily global business volume through e-commerce
is currently at Rs 15,000 crore," he said.

He said people will have to be on guard against online fraud,
impersonation, theft of information assets, breach of confidentiality,
hacking and introduction of virus.

"We also have to be aware of 'cyberjacking' of websites by snatching the
domain names," he said.

Explaining further, he said the website of the southern office of the
Confederation of Indian Industry was cyberjacked recently to display a
porn website. Similarly, the website of a reputed twowheeler company was
connected to the website of banned militant organisation
Lashkar-e-Toiba.

Vijayshankar urged people to be aware of cyber laws to avoid getting
nabbed for a crime committed due to ignorance about these laws.

Deepak Shikarpur, executive director of the Computer Society of India,
and Aniruddha Deshpande, BMCC principal, also spoke on the occasion.

Copyright 2002 The Economic Times of India, Coleman &amp; Co Ltd

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