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Chinese hack India Defence secrets
Major Indian missile and armament systems may have been compromised as Chinese hackers have reportedly broken into top secret files of the Indian Defence Ministry and embassies around the world.
Canadian and American researchers based at the University of Toronto has said that a spy operation called 'Shadow Network' based out of China has tapped into top secret files of the Indian government.
Sensitive personal, financial and business information on Indian officials was “systematically harvested and exfiltrated” by the attackers, the investigators said. Some of the stolen information may be leveraged for future attacks, they said.
A computer security expert said Indian officials had known and had been tracking the intrusions for longer than a year, and had taken steps to minimise the risk of such attacks.
The documents stolen from the National Security Council Secretariat appeared related to security situations in the northeastern states and Naxalism, while a document from a military establishment was related to surface-to-air missile systems and moving target indicators. The hackers also fed on computers in India’s diplomatic missions in Kabul, Moscow, Nigeria and Dubai.
Source - The Telegraph