Hackers dodge digital nets as India faces cyberattack surge

India uses lots of computers, phones and internet services for money, health and government work.

Because so much happens online, bad people called hackers are trying to break into these systems more and more.

In 2023, India found about 11.46 lakh cyber problems, and by 2025 that number grew to 24.39 lakh.

Hackers have attacked big Indian companies like Bank of Baroda, Tata Electronics and the crypto exchange WazirX.

Some hackers use smart computer programs called AI to trick people or find weaknesses very quickly.

Experts studied attacks that stole data in just 72 minutes.

A data leak is very expensive, and IBM says one leak costs an Indian organisation about ₹25.5 crore on average.

To help protect people, the government now asks companies to be checked by outside security experts every year.

A new law, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, says companies that leak data after May 13, 2027 could pay a fine of up to ₹250 crore.

Experts say India is getting better at cyber security but still has a long way to go.