Large number of phishing incidents leading to hacking of bank accounts have been reported

Delhi: According to written reply of Shri Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology to a question in Rajya Sabha, a large number of phishing incidents leading to hacking of bank accounts have also been reported to CERT-In by the banks and financial institutions. A total number of 508 and 386 phishing incidents have been reported to CERT-In in the year 2010 and during January-October, 2011 respectively.