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Two main agencies in the government are responsible for cyber security in India. One is CERT-In under the IT Ministry which began operations in 2004 and is responsible for incident reporting management.
While the privacy breach of 121 Indian citizens, many of them activists, lawyers, and academics, has given rise to a stand-off between the government and WhatsApp, this episode has also put the spotlight on the digital security agencies of the government. Not only has it raised questions about who procured the Pegasus spyware found on these citizens’ devices, but also the Indian state’s own capacities to escalate matters of cyber security, especially when foreign operators are involved.
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Even as WhatsApp and government are engaged in a blame game, the fact remains that a “security issue” highlighted by WhatsApp globally was duly noted in a “vulnerability” notification published online by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the IT Ministry in May. WhatsApp now claims to have shared the number of targeted users in India in September too. However, that letter has not been made public.
Going by the surprise expressed by the government over the targeting of Indian users, it appears that the notifications did not attract desired attention through the appropriate ranks.
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Two main agencies in the government are responsible for cyber security in India. One is CERT-In under the IT Ministry which began operations in 2004 and is responsible ..
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