08 February 2012

While the world braces for e-threats, India moves slow

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Stuxnet is a case in point. Though a few fingers were pointed at Israel, as also the US, the exact origin of the 'worm' still remains unknown. But it's clear it was the handiwork of a resource-rich state agency, not some non-state hackers or fringe elements. 
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India has reason to worry. China-watchers in the Indian security establishment say Beijingalready has two to three "hacker brigades'' and 30,000 computer professionals in its militia. China, in fact, has made cyber-warfare one of its topmost military priorities, with its hackers regularly breaking into sensitive computer networks of countries like the US, the UK, Germany and India. 


China-based online espionage gangs have been regularly accessing classified documents from several Indian security and diplomatic establishments, as was also brought out in the "Shadows in the Cloud'' report by a group of Canadian and American cyber-security researchers a couple of years ago. India, therefore, has to be on the guard in the virtual world as well.




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