Around 5 million people globally have had their data stolen and sold on the bot market till date, of which 6 lakh are from India, making it the worst affected country, according to one of the world’s largest VPN serice providers NordVPN. Bot markets are used by hackers to sell stolen data from victims’ devices with bot malware.

NordVPN’s study said the stolen data included user logins, cookies, digital fingerprints, screenshots and other information, with the average price for the digital identity of a person pegged at 490 Indian rupees. NordVPN tracked data for the past four years, ever since bot markets were launched in 2018. India has been dealing with cyber security concerns for a while. On November 23, multiple servers of AIIMS-Delhi were infected. On November 30, the ICMR faced around 6,000 hacking attempts within 24 hours.