Since Indian educational institutions quickly accept new technology, have become vulnerable to a wide range of cyber attacks due to critical gaps in countermeasures and lack of awareness, according to the latest report of the non -profit cybernetics foundation.
The report called “Examination of cyber threats and digital risks for Indian educational institutions” was published at the event on Tuesday. In cooperation with Delnet, the initiative of the first responder Cyber First Responder has started on cyber resistance and safety AI. This initiative supported by Google.org has been designed so that the participating party will equip the basic skills in combating growing cyber security threats.
“In the world of AI and rapid technological shifts, it should be a disruption to our teacher, not our threat … We have to invest in a proactive police that not only captures the perpetrators, but discourages their motive …” said the main guest at the event, prof. GS Bajpai, Vice -Chairman of the Chancellor on National Law, Delhi, Delhi, Delhi.
He goes to the faculty
Vineet Kumar, founder of Cyberpeace, said: “This report is a challenge to awakening for educational institutions throughout the country. Digitization without cyber security is like building a house without door or locks. Once access to leakage, it can issue access data, and even sell phishing campaigns, and even sell. Patients and even selling patients, and even selling patients, and even sells, and even sells, and even sells, and even sells, and also sells.
Research Center for Excellency and Security of USI-Cyberpeace has identified social engineering attacks (DDO), cyber spy, data and snooping or sniffing as a potential threat to this sector that may also have national security consequences.
In the pilot study, in cooperation with Autobot Infosec, the simulation of networks of educational institutions was performed for the purpose of gathering intelligence. In the whole country, extensive public networks and intelligence sensors have been placed in order to capture internet operations and analyze cyber -time attacks in real time focused on specific locations or organizations.
During the exercise – from July 2023 to April 2024 – the network recorded 217,886 offensive events from different IP addresses around the world. “Analysis of the attack pattern shows that, in addition to India, most attacks come from IP addresses in countries such as the US, China, Germany, the Republic of Korea, Brazil, Netherlands, Russia, France, Vietnam, Singapore and Hong Kong,” the report said.
However, he explained that the assignment of cyber attacks was difficult because there could be some cases where the actor working from the country used the sources of another country to mask the true origin of the attack technology.
The study identified 8,337 unique user names and 54,784 unique passwords used in gross attack attacks.
Students vulnerable
The report referred to the Indian Computer Emergency Response (Cert-in) team about a significant increase in cyber attacks in recent years, as well as referred to in July 2023, in which school students have received calls and whatsApp reports from Pakistani news staff. allowed WhatsApp groups. “The main objectives … according to the news article, students stayed in the border areas where cross -border attempts to infiltrate are more common,” he said.
The report stated that in 2021 the unsecured server was exposed to student data at the risk of e-partying. About two years later, the researcher found the incorrect configuration on the side of the S Byju server, which allegedly revealed the sensitive data of students.
In March 2023, the wing of computer crime in Chennai detained the suspect on the basis of a complaint by the Ministry of Education, claiming that the personal data of school students sold individuals to third parties. Details of the school students from 20 districts were reportedly sold for which the defendant received online payments.
The report emphasized the financial aspect and said that, according to IBM report in 2023, ransomware incidents in schools and university institutions worldwide-EDE 2018 by mid-September 2023-K violations of more than 6.7 million personal records, causing over $ 53 billion.
Low budgets
The report has identified factors such as low budget allocation, lack of technical knowledge, training and awareness, outdated computational hardware and software, use of personal equipment students/employees, etc., as well as this sector is vulnerable.
He recommended various measures for institutions and their employees and students, such as using virtual private networks and avoiding AE -mailing files from unsolicited sources, except for screening third parties.
The report that confirmed that government agencies have recognized that government agencies have taken many important steps have proposed further measures. He stated that cert-in must enter in-depth research and ensure the execution of their instructions. The National Cyber Security Coordinator should create a separate structure for them, while cyber swachht kendra can provide custom -made to measure.
Published – August 13, 2025 01:30
