More than 22,000 websites were hacked in India in the 10-month period between April 2017 and January 2018, according official figures with the CBI. The CBI, which held a two-day conference on cyber forensics here said cited Union Bank of India's SWIFT, a banking messaging for international transactions, as the biggest international hack in which the hackers siphoned off USD 171 million dollars using the electronic transaction facility.
Addressing the first National Conference on Cybercrime Investigation and Forensics, organised by the CBI, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said the study of cybercrime is important for India, keeping in mind that the country has a huge population and the nation is the second-largest internet users in the world.
Singh further said the nature of crime also evolves with the evolution of society, which makes it essential on the part of investigative agencies to evolve their techniques of investigation.
"Speaking about the recent developments in the country, Dr Singh said that we are in the post-Article 370 abrogation scenario.
He expressed concern over the fact that the cyber manipulators are posing risk to the nation by circulating fake videos on the social media, which needs to be addressed," a government statement said.