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Telangana targets national leadership in digital safety: Minister

Hyderabad, Dec 11 (UNI) Telangana is working to position itself as a national model in digital safety, IT and Industries Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu said on Thursday, stressing that cybersecurity has become a crucial pillar of the State’s long-term development strategy.
Speaking at the inaugural session of the Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC) Conclave 2025 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), the Minister said a detailed roadmap to strengthen digital safety has been incorporated into the Telangana Rising Vision–2047 document.
Citing alarming national and state-level statistics, he said India recorded over 265 million cyber-attacks this year, while Telangana alone faced more than 17,000 ransomware attacks targeting key institutions and private enterprises. Within the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate, cybercriminals siphoned off more than Rs 800 crore in the past year, underscoring the scale of the threat.
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