KA web portal in 2023, a web portal in 2023, a recent refusal of a service (DDOS) attack (DDOS) attack in 2023, a web portal, a web portal, a web portal in 2023, a web portal in 2023, a web portal in 2023. Came under A refusal-off-service (DOS) attack occurs when a valid user is unable to reach information systems, equipment or other network resources due to the functions of a malicious cyber threat, while a DDOS attack occurs when a DDOS attack occurs when a DDOM attack occurs. Many machines are working together. Attack a goal. The DDOS attack cripple the portal, causing property registration in Karnataka for several days in January and February, causing huge revenue loss to the state treasury.
This is not the first time that important information of the state has come under the purview of infrastructure attack. In 2017, the Karnataka State Data Center fell victim to the Vanakri ransomware attack, which spreads in the Windows operating system taking advantage of the weaknesses. In 2019, the state’s e-procurement portal was hacked for theft of ₹ 11.5 crore. In 2022, the system of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences was attacked. However, as showing the DDOS attack, no lesson has been learned from earlier attacks and the gaps identified in the state’s response are still not filled.
Most government portals, including Cauvery 2.0, are designed and run by the state’s e-governance department and hosted by the Karnataka State Data Center.
The attack on Kaveri 2.0 began in December 2024 and brought the portal to a virtual stage in the last week of January and the first week of February. During this period, the e-governance department was on fire fighting mode. On 6 February, the Revenue Department claimed that the issues were “certain”. Surprisingly, during this process, the State Cyber Crime Police was not placed in the loop. The Inspector General of Registration and the Commissioner of Stamp filed a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police on 7 February.
Earlier, the state’s response to cyber attacks was due to lack of coordination between the E-Governance Department and the State Police. So far, the E-Governance Department has identified some IP addresses from which the attack was created. Police officials said that the involvement of cyber crime police could have helped to combat the problem in real time. However, sources said that there was resistance within the departments to go to the police.
According to the Karnataka Cyber Security Policy, 2023, the state has a cyber security committee, headed by the Chief Secretary. It is full of bureaucrats and not a single representative of the state police. Compare this to the national level, where Cyber Security Architecture – Cyber Crime Coordination Center (i4C), which is affiliated to the Ministry of Home Affairs and is a nodal point to curb cyber crimes, and National Important Information Infrastructure Protection Center (NCIIPCC), Which protects the important infrastructure of the country – has developed.
Many experts feel that a similar cyber security architecture should also be placed in Karnataka with clearly defined standard operation processes to deal with such attacks. The state immediately requires a control room set-up that is included to handle the crisis to incorporate both technical experts and cyber crime police so that it responds to such attacks in real time coordinated manner in real time Could
In his final budget presented in February 2023, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bomai proposed to set up a cyber security operation center at a cost of 20 crores, on the lines of I4C and NCIIPC. However, when the Congress came to power in the state in May 2023, a revised budget was presented and the proposal was released.
Bengaluru is known as the Silicon Valley of India. By the Future Crime Research Foundation, IIT Kanpur, according to a 2023 report to engrave the start-up, is also an emerging cyber crime hotspot, named as a 2023 report. Karnataka is one of the most cyber crime cases in the country. Nevertheless, there is no proper infrastructure in the state. In contrast, Maharashtra and Odisha have strong cyber security infrastructure.
This is the time to work for the government of Karnataka to protect important data.
adhitya.bharadwaj@thehindu.co.in
Published – February 12, 2025 01:02 am IST
