at a time when institutions are seeing an increased cyber attacks globally it minister ashwini vaishnaw has said that around 50 government websites have been hacked and there were eight data breaches in 202223union minister of communication electronics and information technology ashwini vaishnaw told rajya sabha that in comparison with 202223 there were 59 government sites that were compromised in 2020 and 42 were targeted in 2021read alsobritains jd sports says customer data accessed by cyber attackthe group said the affected data was limited as it does not hold full payment card data and does not believe account passwords were accessedstay safe online campaign launched by it minister ashwini vaishnawthe objective of the stay safe online campaign is to raise awareness among citizens to stay safe in the online world due to the widespread use of social media platforms and the rapid adoption of digital paymentsboth years saw six and seven events of data breach respectivelyindian computer emergency response team certin has further informed it has detected and prevented 283581 432057 324620 malicious scams during the years 2020 2021 and 2022 respectively the minister said hacking attempts from both india other countrieshe added that attempts of cyberattacks were made both from within the nation and internationally the it minister however did not name the websites which were attacked in 202223there have been attempts from time to time to launch cyberattacks on indian cyberspace from both outside and within the country it has been observed that such attacks compromise computer systems located in different parts of the world and use masquerading techniques and hidden servers to hide the identity of actual systems from which the attacks are launched he addedcertin to the rescuehe added that the certin and other law enforcement authorities coordinated and took necessary action against such attackswhen a cyber event occurs certin alerts the impacted organisations and advises them on the necessary corrective action additionally it continuously publishes alerts and advisories on the most recent cyberthreats vulnerabilities and protective measures he saidcyberattack on aiimsthe year 2022 saw one of the biggest cyberattacks in india wherein the countrys premier institution all india institute of medical science aiims was hit by a ransomware attack the aiims server went offline for about two weeks before authorities recovered data and systems went online5g cyber scam alert how you can and cannot get 5g on your phone