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With cyber-attacks against internet of things (IoT) deployments in India up by 22% in the last quarter, experts are pointing the finger, in part, at politically-motivated hackers. A new report (PDF) from telecom analytics firm Subex states that, for the second quarter running, India is the most-attacked country in the IoT space. Among the main targets was technology and systems associated with ‘smart cities’, financial services, and transportation. Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bengaluru attracted the most attacks, Subex said.

As of June 30, 2019, over 15% of smart cities project, 14 % of financial services and and 14 % of utilities that are part of various sectors in India came under cyber security attack, as per Subex, a digital trust solution provider for telcos in India. According to it, this is a result of increasing interest of hackers in critical infrastructures in the country, especially on Internet of Things (IoT) deployments.

Critical cyber attacks from masked sources increased sharply within a span of just 20 minutes, during India’s geopolitical conflicts including the recent border stand-off against neighbouring nation, Pakistan. The fact was revealed by Prayukth K.V, head of IoT marketing at Subex, which monitors critical and connected IoT (Internet of Things) deployments by official bodies that typically operate in sensitive sectors such as smart city developments, digital identity databases, smart roadways, etc.

The report cited a study by cybersecurity firm Subex, which stated that the country saw a 22 percent increase in cyberattacks on IoT deployments. This was higher than the global increase of 13 percent for the quarter that ended in June.

The Bengaluru-based Subex captured details of attacks from its “honeypot” network (a decoy computer system for trapping hackers) that covers over 4,000 IoT devices. During the June quarter, Subex researchers recorded 33,450 high-grade attacks, 500 of which were of “very high sophistication”.

Bengaluru-headquartered Subex, a telecom analytics solutions provider founded in 1992, works with 3/4th of the fifty largest communication service providers globally.

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