11 June 2012

India readies firewall to fight cyber attacks

India is set to take steps to protect its cyber infrastructure and designate agencies for carrying out offensive cyber attacks on other countries. The move comes at a time when proof shows countries launching cyber attacks — not only for intelligence gathering — and many nations describing the attacks as an act of war........ 
    
Stuxnet, the cyber worm created by US’s National Security Agency and Israeli military and specifically targeted at Iran’s nuclear enrichment center at Natanz, was found to have infected Indian systems. It was probably unintentional, but an intentional attack on India’s critical infrastructure cannot be ruled out. We haven’t yet seen a cyber attack, but only intelligence gathering. An attack that can debilitate our infrastructure is what we must be prepared for.................

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