Nitin Pandey at The Hacker's Meetup on Data Privacy

1. NATIONAL SECURITY Data Privacy & Emerged Threats THE HACKERS MEETUP SEP 5, 2020

2. ABOUT ME NITIN PANDEY Cyber Security Professional Chairman of National Information Security Council Founder of Hackers Day htttp://nitinpandey.tech

3. OUR DATA PRIVACY IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE WE ARE LIVING IN VIRTUAL WORLD WHERE OUR EACH AND EVERY ACTIVITY IS BEING MONITORED BY THE APPS WE USE. WE SHOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE SHARING ANYTHING PUBLICLY& INSTALLING ANY APP.

4. DATA REALLY MATTERS! DATA IS THE NEW GOLD ! HAVING ACCESS TO DATA GIVES ONE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS & CONTROL SOMEONE’S IDs, BANK ACCOUNTS & ALL SORTS OF OTHER INFORMATIONS.

5. DATA PRIVACY MAXIMUM USES OF SMART PHONES AN ADVANTAGE TO COMPANIES

6. CHINESE APPS BANNED ON JUNE 29,2020, GOI BANNED 59 CHINESE APPS INCLUDING “TIKTOK” WHICH WAS A MUCH APPRECIATIVE STEP TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO PROTECT OUR DATA & PRIVACY.

7. A GOOD MOVE TO PROTECT OUR PRIVACY

9. SECTION 69A OF IT ACT GIVES GOVERNMENT THE POWER TO ISSUE DIRECTIONS FOR BLOCKING FOR PUBLIC ACCESS OF ANY INFORMATION THROUGH ANY COMPUTER OR MOBILE RESOURCE.

10. WAS IT SUFFICIENT TO PROTECT OUR PRIVACY & DATA?

11. ON SEP 2, 2020 GOVERNMENT BANNED 118 MORE CHINESE APPS INCLUDING “PUBG”

12. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES DID LOTS OF RESEARCHES & HARD WORK TO PROTECT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY

13. PEOPLE DIED WHILE MAKING TIKTOK VIDEOS

14. PUBG MAKES TEENS VOILENT & AGGRESSIVE

15. DANGEROUS APPS ! • APPS LIKE TIKTOK & GAMES LIKE PUBG WERE TOO MUCH DANGEROUS • CHANGE IN BEHAVIOUR OF USERS • TOOK SO MANY LIVES • USERS WERE SO MUCH ADDICTIVE

16. CONTROVERSIES STARTED WHEN

17. SO MANY POLITICIANS & YOUTH HAVE STARTED TARGETING GOVERNMENT WITH THEIR FAMOUS DIALOGUE: “CHINA IS OCCUPYING LAND AND INDIA BANS PUBG !” WHY POLITICIZING A GOOD STEP?

18. PUBG PLAYERS ARE CRITICIZING GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FOR BANNING PUBG WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT BEHIND BANNING THESE APPS, PEOPLE ARE SAYING: “PUBG IS A KOREAN GAME, NOT CHINESE!” I

19. WHEN WE START PUBG THE FIRST NAME WE SEE ON SCREEN IS TENCENT I

20. I TENCENT TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD, ALSO KNOWN AS TENCENT, IS A CHINESE BASED MULTINATIONAL COMPANY FOUNDED IN 1998.

21. I IS PUBG BAN IS GOING TO HURT CHINA? YES ! A LOT

22. PUBG IS WORLD’S ONE OF THE LARGEST MOBILE & PC GAMES WITH A HUGE NUMBER OF USERS BASE OF 50 MILLION DOWNLOADS & 33 MILLION ACTIVE USERS. PUBG IS OWNED BY KRAFTON, A SOUTH KOREAN COMPANY. I

23. THE CHINESE CONNECTION “GAME FOR PEACE” IS A CHINESE VERSION OF PUBG MOBILE, LAUNCHED BY TENCENT, A CHINESE COMPANY. BETWEEN 2017-2018, TENCENT SUBSIDIARY IMAGE FRAME INVESTMENT BECAME KRAFTON’S 2ND LARGEST SHAREHOLDER, WITH A 13.2% STAKE. HENCE, THE CHINESE CONNECTION ! I

24. HOW BANNING PUBG WILL HELP INDIA? FIRSTLY, ECONOMY! WE STOP THE OUTFLOW OF FUNDS TO OVERSEAS & THAT’S MAINLY CHINA. IT WILL ALSO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INDIAN IT COMPANIES TO VENTURE INTO GAMING WORLD, WHICH HAS BEEN ALMOST NON-EXISTENT SO FAR. I

25. ANOTHER MAJOR THING IS THE INTELLIGENCE & DATA ISSUE. WITH SO MANY APPS ENGRAINED IN INDIAN PHONES & A HUGE PORTION OF THEM ON CHINESE PHONES ITSELF, IT IS VERY EASY FOR CHINA TO ACCESS THE DATA OF INDIVIDUAL USERS. I

26. I AS SAID EARLIER, DATA IS THE NEW GOLD & MOST PRECIOUS THING FOR ANY COMPANY, THEREFORE THE GAMING COMPANIES EASILY MINE DATA & SELL IT TO THIRD PARTIES FOR LARGE AMOUNTS.

27. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA REALLY DID A GREAT JOB OF NIPPING THESE PROBLEMS IN THE BUD. LET’S NOT GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE ENEMY CYBER MILITIA & ITS UNITS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR CITIZENS. I

28. ON GAMERS BEHALF ! THIS BAN ON PUBG IS INDEED TAKING AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHAT THEY ENJOY. SO, A GOOD STRATEGY WOULD BE TO DEVELOP OUR OWN CONTENT & PROVIDE A PLATFORM TO INDIAN GAMERS. I

29. CONCLUSION I

30. DATA PRIVACY & SAFETY • OUR ALL ACTIVITIES ARE BEING MONITORED BY APPS • PRIVACY IS AT RISK • MOSTLY KIDS & WOMEN ARE BEING TARGETED • GAMES LIKE PUBG ARE MAKING CHILDREN & TEENS VOILENT AND AGGRESSIVE • SOME APPS ARE HIGHLY DANGEROUS LIKE “FACEAPP”

31. DATA PRIVACY & SAFETY • EVEN OUR E-MAILS ARE BEING MONITORED! • C.S: GMAIL-> • BOY SENDS AN E-MAIL TO HIS MOTHER • “I HAVE BROKEN UP WITH MY GIRLFRIEND & FEELING DEPRESSED” • Keyword filters technique

32. PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILL IS MUCH REQUIRED IN INDIA • IN 2017, MINISTRY OF IT & E HAD FORMED A COMMITTEE TO STUDY ISSUES RELATED TO DATA PROTECTION. • COMMITTEE WAS CHAIRED BY RETD SUPREME COURT JUDGE JUSTICE B.N. SRIKRISHNA. • COMMITTEE SUBMITTED THE DRAFT PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILL IN JULY 2018. • GOVERNMENT OF INDIA SHOULD PASS THE PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILL OF INDIA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

33. INCREASING CYBER CRIMES IN INDIA • CYBER CRIME IS HAPPENING EVERYDAY! • IT HAS RAPIDLY INCREASED IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC! • CYBER ATTACKS ARE: • UNEXPECTED • UNSEEN • UNAPPROACHABLE • UNKNOWN

34. EMERGED & CHALLENGING THREAT SOURCE: 3DAYHACK

35. CYBER BULLYING

36. MASSIVE GROWTH IN CYBER CRIME ! CYBER THREATS ARE RAPIDLY INCREASING IN INDIA, EVERYDAY CASES OF CYBER BULLYING, EXTORTION, FRAUDS, HARASSMENT ARE INCREASING RAPIDLY, ESPECIALLY AGAINST WOMEN & TEENS.

37. WHY HAPPENING? LACK OF AWARENESS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS IS LACK OF AWARENESS IN CITIZENS AGAINST CYBER THREATS

38. WHY HAPPENING? LOOPHOLES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF INDIA ARE OUTDATED, UNTRAINED AND MOST OF THE CYBER CRIME CELLS ARE INCAPABLE IN SOLVING CYBER CRIME RELATED CASES

39. STATISTICS

40. MASSIVE AWARENESS NEEDS TO BE CREATED AMONG WOMEN AND CHILDREN REGARDING THE SAFE USE OF MOBILE PHONES, COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET.

41. PARENTAL GUIDANCE IS MUCH REQUIRED!

42. ATTENTION SEEKING SYNDROME IS DEVELOPING IN CHILDREN AND TEENS. • DESIRE TO BECOME A FAMOUS PERSON • RELATIONSHIP TREND. • CRAZE OF VERIFIED ACCOUNT (BLUE TICK BADGE)

43. DO NOT TRUST BLINDLY! A BLUE TICK BADGE DOES NOT MEAN THE PERSON IS AUTHENTIC. TERMS LIKE “CYBERCOP” OR “CYBERPOLICE” IN USERNAMES DOES NOT MEAN THE PERSON IS REAL. OUR SAFETY IS IN OUR HANDS!

44. MALICIOUS LINKS ON NAME OF COVID-19 DO NOT CLICK ANY UNKNOWN LINK WHICH IS CLAIMING OFFERS, DISCOUNTS, FREE GIFTS, COVID TESTS, JOB OFFERS OF WORK FROM HOME BECAUSE IT COULD BE A PHISHING PAGE OR MALICIOUS LINK OR A MALWARE OR A RANSOMWARE AND ONCE YOU CLICK ANY MALICIOUS LINK, YOUR ACCOUNT CAN BE HACKED, YOUR FILES CAN BE ENCYPTED BY RANSOMWARES, SPYWARES COULD GET INSTALLED SILENTLY AND SO ON…

45. DO NOT CLICK UNKNOWN OR SUSPECIOUS LINKS ! • RANSOMWARES • MALWARE • MALICIOUS • SPYWARE • PHISHING PAGE

46. HOW TO REPORT A CYBER CRIME?

47. NATIONAL CYBER CRIME REPORTING PORTAL An initiative of Ministry of Home Affairs REPORT ANONYMOUSLY IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KEEP YOUR IDENTITY SAFE THEN THERE IS AN OPTION TO REPORT YOUR COMPLAINT ANONYMOUSLY. REPORT WOMEN/CHILD RELATED CRIME WOMEN & CHILDREN CAN VISIT CYBERCRIME.GOV.IN & DIRECTLY FILE AN ONLINE COMPLAINT. 02 01 REPORT OTHER CYBER CRIME THIS OPTION IS GIVEN TO REPORT OTHER CYBER CRIMES SUCH AS BANKING FRAUDS, ACCOUNT HACKS ETC. 03

48. cybercrime.gov.in INTERCONNECTED WITH EVERY POLICE STATION ACROSS THE NATION MH UP DELHI MP HR TN RJ

49. HOW IT WORKS? cybercrime.gov.in portal Your complaint goes to your nearest Police Station/Cyber Crime Branch You file an online complaint at cybercrime.gov.in You receive a call from your Police Station & need to visit the station in person for the written statement STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3

50. KEEP ALL THE EVIDENCES SECURED • ALWAYS KEEP ALL THE SCREENSHOTS, MESSAGES, CALL RECORDINGS AND/OR ALL TYPE OF EVIDENCES SECURELY & ENCLOSE THEM WHILE FILLING THE COMPLAINT FORM. • NEVER EVER DELETE ANY EVIDENCE.