Kathmandu. Experts have expressed concern that due to continuous cyber attacks on government servers, adequate precautions have not been taken by the government to reduce them. Recently, the details of missing data of a large number of public service applicants have been published.

Before that, there were reports that the services of various government agencies, including immigration, were affected when government websites were closed for hours. Similarly, some time ago, the details of the attack were also published on the Nepali Army website.

Anandraj Khanal, the former senior director of Nepal Telecommunication Authority, says, "No one cares about the impact on national security due to the closure of the immigration department for 6 hours, bringing the country to a standstill. Was that research done or not? If so, why? Why is that report not made public?”

But the National Information Technology Center (NITC), which operates the Government Integrated Data Center (GIDS) in Singha Darbar, has said that the report on the latest cyber attack has been sent to the relevant authorities.

In order to deal with the attacks on the government website, Minister of Communication and Information Technology Rekha Sharma said that the government has formed a high-level task force and started the study process.  Minister Sharma also said that the government has initiated a study to create a National Cyber Security Center to face the challenges faced in cyber security. Executive Director Paudel said that the National Information Technology Center is also being vigilant and conducting necessary investigations after seeing a problem with the government server and not having access to the data.

Some time ago, when there was a problem with the government server, access to the data of many government agencies, including the Public Service Commission, was lost. Experts say that the government machinery is not serious about 'backing up' the data of millions of people who applied online for the public service exam.