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Tuesday, April 06, 2010 (18:06:01) |
| Tags : India, China, Hacking, Ministry |
Documents from India's Defence Ministry stolen to China: Research
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| New Delhi: Recent reports from the Canadian and United States computer security researchers reveal a striking fact that the documents from India's Defence Ministry have been stolen by a team of China-based computer spying gang.
After an intense monitoring of their operation for the past eight months, the researches have come to a conclusion that a spy operation is responsible for systematically hacking into personal computers in government offices of India.
The Toronto-based researchers have discovered the kinds of material stolen and also crack down into the actual documents about security in several Indian states. The data also includes embassy documents on India's relation in West Africa, Russia and the Middle East.
The gang actually penetrated into the the systems of independent analysts and took reports on Indian missile systems. Moreover, the team stole confidential documents pertaining to the travel of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
It was only in the last month (March) that the Indian communications minister, Sachin Pilot, revealed that government networks had been attacked by China. On March 24, the Toronto-based researchers asserted that they had informed the intelligence officials in India about the gang of intruders. |
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