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After the initiative terrorist attack, Pakistani hackers are targeting Indian defense websites. India is increasing cyber defense amid increasing stress.
New Delhi:
Amid increasing tension after the initiative terror attack, Pakistani hackers are targeting Indian defense websites. According to defense establishment sources, cyber attacks may have compromised on sensitive information about defense personnel, including their login credentials.
A handle on X, Pakistan Cyber Force has claimed that hackers have reached the sensitive data of military engineer services and Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defense Studies and Analysis. Group, sources said, a public sector undertakings under the Ministry of Defense have also tried to discredit the website of armored vehicle Nigam Limited. Sources said that the website of the armored vehicle Nigam Limited has been taken offline for the audit to assess any possible damage to any possible damage caused by the attempt of hacking.
Cyber security experts, sources said, “are actively monitoring cyberspace to detect any additional attacks, especially those who may be sponsored by the danger actors associated with Pakistan.” In addition, proper measures are being taken to strengthen the security infrastructure against further infiltration efforts.
Pakistan Cyber Forces handle, which was now stopped in India, posted images of a webpage from the armored vehicle Nigam Limited. In the image, an Indian tank was replaced by a Pakistani tank. Another post had a list of names, which was an ostensibly of Indian defense personnel with a message: “Hacked. Your safety is confusion. Mess data is ownership.” The handle claimed that it had accessed more than 10 GB of data of 1,600 users on the Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defense Studies and Analysis website.
Relations between India and Pakistan have touched Rock Bottom in view of a terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, where 25 tourists and Kashmiri were shot dead in cold blood. A proxy resistance front of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tabiba has claimed responsibility for the heinous attack.
India has vowed an exemplary response as an investigation into the Pakistani hand terrorist strike, like several other attacks on Indian soil in the past. India has launched a series of diplomatic tricks against Pakistan, including Indus Water Treaty and suspension of visa services to Pakistani citizens. Marathon meetings between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and top officials at the defense establishment show that a major action is adjacent.
On the other hand, Pakistan has gone back to its playbook to deny any role in the attacks and seek evidence. After the terrorist attacks in the past, Indian officials shared information and evidence with Pakistan, including 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, but never did enough to provide justice to the criminals. After India suspended the Indus Water Treaty, Pakistan said that any step to stop the water flowing in the country would be seen as a task of power and threatened to suspend all bilateral pacts, including the Shimla Agreement that validate the Line of Control.
It is against this background that Pakistani hackers are targeting Indian defense websites. Earlier, Army Public School (APS) was attacked on websites of Srinagar, APS Ranikhet, Army Welfare Housing Organization (AWHO) database and Indian Air Force Placement Organization Portal.
