Government issues this ‘high alert’ warning to officials on sharing information on phone calls
By
Isha Sharma
Government has issued an advisory for its officials warning them against the risk of relying on caller ID information that pops up while receiving a phone call. The advisory cautions that attackers ‘manipulate’ caller ID information to make a call appear as if it is coming from a “legitimate government number”. Severity of the communication is categorised as ‘high’.