Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), Sep 29 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh held a review meeting with IT department officials at state secretariat on Friday. In the meeting, the minister focused on setting up of Andhra Pradesh Cyber Security Operation Centre. The minister said cyber crimes are increasing worldwide and as many as scores of people are getting affected by cyber crimes. Lokesh added that cyber attacks on government data through ransom ware are rampant and the Andhra Pradesh Government is ahead in IT usage, thus prone to cyber attacks. He said that to secure the data of government and general public, the State Cyber Security Operation Center should be set up with software security and data security as prime focal points. Meanwhile, the minister expressed concern over the ‘Blue Whale’ game and said that it may affect the youth in coming days. He suggested that the centre should be able to assess such threats beforehand and prevent them.
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