Explained | What kept cybersecurity busy in 2021?

As the pandemic kept people connected to their devices for yet another year, cyberattacks and data breaches raged on. The breach was reported to the company in February, and involved personal data including name, date of birth, contact information, passport information, ticket information, Star Alliance and Air India frequent flyer data but no passwords data or credit cards data were affected. Hackers also targeted vaccination portal Cowin app to steal personal data. The app also gains unnecessary permissions that attackers could leverage to acquire user data such as contact list,” CERT-in said in its advisory. State- This year also witnessed some major state- As per the report, 10 distinct Indian power sector organisations were targeted in a concerted campaign against India’s critical infrastructure with malware known as ShadowPad that can hand attackers full control of the systems.