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'Zhenhua Data Leaks A Wake-Up Call For India: Cyber Security Expert Pavan Duggal'


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Among the targets of the global surveillance mounted by the Chinese firm Zhenhua Data are over 10,000 Indians, ranging from top

politicians, business leaders, security mandarins etc. It’s a wake-up call for a country like India that doesn’t have a dedicated cyber security law, says Dr Pavan Duggal, Chairman of the International Commission on Cyber Security Law.

What Zhenhua has done is a sophisticated form of data espionage, he told StratNews Global, adding that the ‘leaky digital ecosystem' in

India has been infiltrated by Chinese apps.Indians tend to ‘vomit’ a lot of information about their personal, professional and social lives without even thinking how this could impact their digital present and digital future, said the cyber security expert.

He shared a note of caution: ‘People should realize that they are the custodians of their own data; the government has a limited enabling role but cyber hygiene needs to be begin at home’.

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