India, June 21 -- The core infrastructure is porous, routinely leaking sensitive data, and exposing citizens, enterprises, and national systems to risk.

In The Sunday Guardian article, "Digital India Must Become Abuse-Proof," dated 26 March 2022, I warned: "The Indian State is extremely poor in data protection and response to data breaches. For a country of a billion, we are a data mine, but we are blissfully ignoring the fact that data is the 21st century's oil as well as its deadliest weapon. It is both precious, as well as dangerous, and should be handled with utmost care." Three years later, the Indian State's casual approach on data security remains unchanged.

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