The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has declared the IT resources of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and UPI managing entity NPCI as ‘critical information infrastructure’.
It is implying that any harm to them can have an impact on national security.
Any unauthorised person accessing these resources may be jailed for up to 10 years.
Under the Information Technology Act of 2000,Centre has the power to declare any data, database, IT network or communications infrastructure as CII to protect that digital asset.