NEW DELHI: A barrage of cyber attacks on government websites is compelling the government to develop a counter strategy to deal with countries that are behind these assaults. Government officials suspect Pakistani and Chinese hackers for being responsible for most of these attacks, and have asked security agencies to jointly map out the cyber infrastructure of neighbouring countries as part of a 'cyber preparedness' strategy.
These agencies have been asked to study the web security layout of 'suspect countries', as knowledge of security standards, as well as software and encryption capabilities is required for unleashing a counter attack. The mapping of cyber systems of other countries, including their internet gateways, routers, IT system layouts, and web routing patterns, was discussed at a meeting of top intelligence officials held last month.
Hackers are individuals who generally act in their personal capacity. But IT security experts believe that most of the recent attacks on official websites are state sponsored.
India has been on the receiving end of cyber strikes of late. Last month, investigators found details of hackers infiltrating Indian government servers and using them to attack computer networks of third countries. Just prior to that, computer systems of the ministries of home and external affairs, National Security Council and other government departments were attacked in a coordinated fashion.
In July, hackers from abroad targeted the Delhi airport, resulting in check-in counters of all airlines becoming non-operational for hours. Other recent victims include PSUs Oil and Natural Gas Corp and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, and telecom regulator Trai.
Security company McAfee in August said it had uncovered the 'biggest ever cyber attacks to date' where hackers in a five-year campaign stole information from governments and companies located in the US, Taiwan, India, South Korea, Vietnam and Canada among others.
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