ICT Security

LOCAL INDICES

No Indicators 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
1 Number of attempts (hits) to access CSA websites by Mauritian Internet users       330,201     465,119  356,473*   295,563**    170,206
2 Number of Mauritian IPs addresses to which access to CSA websites was blocked         14,214       14,847  11,874*   8,366**        6,218
3 Number of CSA URLs to which access by Mauritian Internet users was blocked         11,865       19,611         7,092  N/a   N/a 
4 Number of security incidents reported              426         1,085         1,890           2,815       3,348
4.1 Hacking                99            316            476              553          891
4.2 Online Harassment              134            274            462              699          847
4.3 Offensive Content                56            196            282              531          363
4.4 Sextortion                20              29              68              117            95
4.5 Identity Theft                67            116            222              298          350
4.6 Cyberbullying                16              49              96              167          195
4.7 CyberStalking                  7              13              18                42            38
4.8 Online Scams                18              71            232              368          547
4.9 Phishing                  4              10              32                28            19
4.1 Malware                  5              11                2                12              3
    * Data for Aug and sep 2020 n/a  
Source: ICTA, NCB-Cert-MU ** Data for may 2021 n/a