India Cyberwarfare
the department of information technology created indian computer emergency response team (cert-in) in 2004 thwart cyber attacks in india. year, there 23 reported cyber security breaches. in 2011, there 13,301. year, government created new subdivision, national critical information infrastructure protection centre (nciipc) thwart attacks against energy, transport, banking, telecom, defence, space , other sensitive areas.
the executive director of nuclear power corporation of india (npcil) stated in february 2013 company alone forced block ten targeted attacks day. cert-in left protect less critical sectors.
a high-profile cyber attack on 12 july 2012 breached email accounts of 12,000 people, including of officials ministry of external affairs, ministry of home affairs, defence research , development organisation (drdo), , indo-tibetan border police (itbp). government-private sector plan being overseen national security advisor (nsa) shivshankar menon began in october 2012, , intends beef india s cyber security capabilities in light of group of experts findings india faces 470,000 shortfall of such experts despite country s reputation of being , software powerhouse.
in february 2013, information technology secretary j. satyanarayana stated nciipc finalizing policies related national cyber security focus on domestic security solutions, reducing exposure through foreign technology. other steps include isolation of various security agencies ensure synchronised attack not succeed on fronts , planned appointment of national cyber security coordinator. of month, there had been no significant economic or physical damage india related cyber attacks.
on 26 november 2010, group calling indian cyber army hacked websites belonging pakistan army , others belong different ministries, including ministry of foreign affairs, ministry of education, ministry of finance, pakistan computer bureau, council of islamic ideology, etc. attack done revenge mumbai terrorist attacks.
on 4 december 2010, group calling pakistan cyber army hacked website of india s top investigating agency, central bureau of investigation (cbi). national informatics center (nic) has begun inquiry.
in july 2016, cymmetria researchers discovered , revealed cyber attack dubbed patchwork , compromised estimated 2500 corporate , government agencies using code stolen github , dark web. examples of weapons used exploit sandworm vulnerability (cve-2014-4114), compiled autoit script, , uac bypass code dubbed uacme. targets believed military , political assignments around southeast asia , south china sea , attackers believed of indian origin , gathering intelligence influential parties.
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