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Detailed explanation-1: -CERT-In has reported that a total number of 14, 02, 809 cyber security incidents were reported during the year 2021.” New Delhi: The Central government on Friday told Rajya Sabha that the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has observed over 14 lakh cyber security incidents during 2021.

Detailed explanation-2: -Globally, 30, 000 websites are hacked daily. 64% of companies worldwide have experienced at least one form of cyber attack. There were 22 billion breached records in 2021. In 2021, ransomware cases grew by 92.7%.

Detailed explanation-3: -The corresponding number of such incidents in 2018 was 2, 08, 456 which increased to 3, 94, 499 in 2019, to 11, 58, 208 in 2020 and 14, 02, 809 in 2021, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ransomware statistics for 2021 and 2022 The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received 3, 729 complaints about ransomware attacks in 2021. Those attacks accounted for financial losses of $49.2 million.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 2021, the most common type of cyber crime as reported to the U.S. Internet Crime Complaint Center was phishing and similar fraud, with approximately 324 thousand individuals affected. In addition, nearly 52 thousand cases of personal data breaches were reported to the IC3 during that year.