A Norwegian cyber security firm has alleged that a sophisticated cyber attack infrastructure appears to originate from India, conducted by private actors with no evidence of state-sponsorship. Norman Shark, Norwegian firm, has also named an Indian company that is known to work with Indian military and intelligence as one of the possible suspects behind the attacks.
The Indian company, Appin Security Group, which figures in the report, has rubbished the claims, saying it was "totally false and very imaginative". The company pointed out that the report itself mentions "we are not implicating or suggesting inappropriate activity by Appin. ..
... A senior government official said that one Indian intelligence agency had filed a report with the government a few months ago accusing Appin of wrong doings and probably compromising details of security vulnerability of one of its clients. "It is incorrect that Appin had placed details on any server which was accessible to people or in any manner it could be compromised. Appin always follows industry standard protocols for protecting data," Appin told TOI. ..
.. The Norman Shark report, titled "Operation Hangover", said the Indian network seems to have targeted victims in over a dozen countries. "Specific targets include government, military and business organizations. ....
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