Cybercrime threatens national security: Amit Shah flags data theft and fraud surge

Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said cybercrime posed a serious threat to national security and warned that India’s data was being stolen and sold to enemies.

Speaking at a conference on Tackling Cyber-Enabled Frauds & Dismantling the Ecosystem in Delhi, organised by the CBI, he said the Centre was taking strong steps to curb such activities as incidents of cyber fraud were on the rise as the country’s digital ecosystem expanded.