new delhi dec 19 over 100 government websites including some managed by the national informatics centre nic were hacked this year parliament was informed wednesday as per information reported to and tracked by the indian computer emergency response team certin 172 and 105 government websites which includes 74 and 31 websites hosted on nicnet managed by national informatics centre nic were hacked during the year 2017 and 2018 up to november respectively minister of state for electronics and it s s ahluwalia said in a written reply to lok sabha he added that in tune with the dynamic nature of it and emerging cyber threats continuous efforts are required to be made by owners to protect networks by way of hardening and deploying appropriate security controls government has taken several measures to enhance the cyber security posture and prevent cyber attacks including breaches and hacking he further stated to another query ahluwalia said a total of three 14 and six financial fraud incidents affecting atms cards point of sale pos systems and unified payment interface upi have been reported during the years 2016 2017 and 2018 up to november respectively as per information reported to indian computer emergency response team certin further reserve bank of india rbi has registered a total of 1191 1372 2059 and 921 cases of fraud involving atmdebit cards credit cards and internet banking frauds reported amount involved rs 1 lakh and above during the year 201516 201617 201718 and 201819 up to september 30 2018 respectively he said the certin issues alerts and advisories regarding latest cyber threats and counter measures on regular basis to ensure safe usage of digital technologies regarding securing digital payments 28 advisories have been issued for users and institutions the minister stated in response to another question ahluwalia said a total number of 53081 cyber security incidents including 53 ransomware incidents were observed during the year 2017 as per certin sr drr