Indo-China clash likely to increase phishing, honey traps and other cyber crimes

Amid the recent Indo-China border clash, the Indian government and corporates are gearing up to boost their cyber security, expecting booby traps, phishing, honey traps, leaked document cases to go up. Cyber experts estimate that government surveillance to shoot up to prevent any information hacks as well.

"There will be increased state surveillance and monitoring. One can expect digital and cyber security breaches which typically happen after such incidents. One has to be prepared for huge breaches or cyber security threats on critical networks as well,” said Pavan Duggal, a Supreme Court advocate and cyber law expert.

Duggal cautioned that India's preparedness is not optimal and has no dedicated cyber security laws for protecting critical information in India. "We will also see companies increase their budgets on cyber security expecting threats from across the border including China".

It is important to note that cyber security threat has been an issue with India working from home during the Covid -19 crisis but now with increased animosity on the border, these threats loom larger, say experts.

Dhiraj Gupta, chief technology officer at MFilterIt, a fraud detection and prevention company, expects the army defence on cyber security to shoot up with more eye on what apps can be used by the soldiers etc . "Phishing, honey traps, booby traps on network security will increase. Operators will have to be cautious as well on network security and we expect more third party hiring of cyber security experts and auditors".