GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
(DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1300
TO BE ANSWERED ON: 02.12.2011
Cyber Attacks From Other Countries
1300. SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR:
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: -
(a) Whether the Minister, during the recent meeting at ITU, mentioned that India was under cyber attack owing to malware/spyware of equivalent thereof from servers installed in the USA;
(b) If not, the details of the Minister's statement in this regard in specific terms;
(c) (e) The reasons/evidence for such statement;
(d) If so, the steps Government has taken/proposes to take a protect India's crucial IT infrastructure from the possibility of such cyber attack s from across borders;
(e) Whether the Ministry has any specific information with regard to the possibility of such attacks from developed countries, including USA; and
(f) If so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI SACHIN PILOT)
(a) to (f): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House