At the risk of being called unpatriotic, , while commenting on the beheading of Indian Soldiers by Pakistan,I remarked that though the attack by Pakistan was vile, India was/is not as pure as snow and if it were to be so, it had no business in the comity of nations
India too indulges in crossing the border.
As expected i received hate mails.
Well, truth is truth.
Now it transpires that India leads Cyber attacks on Pakistan to such an extent that it is called ‘India’s new Outsourcing Business!”
Nothing wrong, but India might stop whining when some one else does and handle it with appropriate response.
Story:
ESET, a Slovakian anti-virus firm, last week published a blog post detailingsuccessful Indian attempts to breach computers in Pakistan. Symantec, another anti-virus company, quickly followed suit with a post that said, among other things, that several online security companies had been keeping an eye on the intrusions. This morning, Norman, a Norwegian data security firm, and the Shadowserver Foundation, a voluntary organisation, released a lengthy report into what they are calling “Operation Hangover.”
The report confirms many of ESET’s findings, including the use of defense-related material as bait, Indian names within the code, and the relatively unsophisticated nature of the attacks in that they used only previously known vulnerabilities. It also identified some targets, including Telenor, a Norwegian telecom company with operations in India, and Bumi PLC, a mining firm. Other possible targets listed are academic institutions in China, individuals in Indian secessionist movements, British restaurants, and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The list of targets is baffling in its diversity.
According to the report, the operation displays “evidence of professional project management,” with “multiple developers [who] are tasked with specific malware deliverances.” In other words, the managers of the project hired freelancers.
Source:
http://qz.com/86394/indias-latest-outsourcing-business-cyberattacks/
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