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Recently, Pakistani hackers compromised 10 Indian websites which included National Aeronautics, Army Institute of Management and Technology, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Army Institute of Management, and the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences.

The hacker group — Pakistan Haxor Crew — claimed the action was to avenge the defacement of the Pakistan Railways website by an Indian hacker and to show solidarity with Kashmiris.

Last year, reports emerged in Australia that the entire design plans that reveal the capability of India's Scorpene submarine fleet were leaked.

The design plans were leaked apparently from French manufacturer DCNS that is the designer of the system.

According to reports, more than 22,000 pages of plans had been leaked.

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An IIT Kanpur study shared with Parliament's Committee on Finance this year said attacks from the 'Equation group' — which a WikiLeaks reports said was a clandestine CIA and NSA programme — infected India's telecom and military sectors and research institutes.

The government is finally reacting to the threat with a plan to create a new tri-service agency for cyber warfare. The Defence Cyber Agency will work in coordination with the National Cyber Security Advisor. It will have more than 1,000 experts who will be distributed into a number of formations of the Army, Navy and IAF.

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According to reports, the new Defence Cyber Agency will have both offensive and defensive capacity.

The Defence Cyber Agency is seen as a precursor of a cyber command. After reports that Russia meddled in the US elections by hacking machines and creating propaganda on the internet and the recent ransomware and other cyber attacks being attributed to North Korea, cyber warfare is gaining importance.

According to experts, North Koreans have developed an advanced cyber program that steals hundreds of millions of dollars and can trigger global havoc.

Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju admitted last month that there was a huge gap in India's capability and capacity when it came to cyber warfare and it was imperative to narrow down this difference to discourage cyber attackers.
China has already developed strong cyber warfare capacity. The next war may well have to be fought on the internet where a country’s vital networks and infrastructure would be on target that will create bigger disruption that actual wars.

Equally important is cyber propaganda. During the Doklam conflict, China tried its best to unleash cyber propaganda on India and indulged in complex psy-ops.

A Defence Cyber Agency could be the first step the government plans to for critical infrastructure and military networks that are increasingly becoming dependent on the Internet, thus increasing vulnerabilities.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...-a-new-kind-of-enemy/articleshow/61141277.cms
 
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Recently, Pakistani hackers compromised 10 Indian websites which included National Aeronautics, Army Institute of Management and Technology, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Army Institute of Management, and the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences.

The hacker group — Pakistan Haxor Crew — claimed the action was to avenge the defacement of the Pakistan Railways website by an Indian hacker and to show solidarity with Kashmiris.

Last year, reports emerged in Australia that the entire design plans that reveal the capability of India's Scorpene submarine fleet were leaked.

The design plans were leaked apparently from French manufacturer DCNS that is the designer of the system.

According to reports, more than 22,000 pages of plans had been leaked.

cyber.jpg


An IIT Kanpur study shared with Parliament's Committee on Finance this year said attacks from the 'Equation group' — which a WikiLeaks reports said was a clandestine CIA and NSA programme — infected India's telecom and military sectors and research institutes.

The government is finally reacting to the threat with a plan to create a new tri-service agency for cyber warfare. The Defence Cyber Agency will work in coordination with the National Cyber Security Advisor. It will have more than 1,000 experts who will be distributed into a number of formations of the Army, Navy and IAF.

cyber2.jpg


According to reports, the new Defence Cyber Agency will have both offensive and defensive capacity.

The Defence Cyber Agency is seen as a precursor of a cyber command. After reports that Russia meddled in the US elections by hacking machines and creating propaganda on the internet and the recent ransomware and other cyber attacks being attributed to North Korea, cyber warfare is gaining importance.

According to experts, North Koreans have developed an advanced cyber program that steals hundreds of millions of dollars and can trigger global havoc.

Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju admitted last month that there was a huge gap in India's capability and capacity when it came to cyber warfare and it was imperative to narrow down this difference to discourage cyber attackers.
China has already developed strong cyber warfare capacity. The next war may well have to be fought on the internet where a country’s vital networks and infrastructure would be on target that will create bigger disruption that actual wars.

Equally important is cyber propaganda. During the Doklam conflict, China tried its best to unleash cyber propaganda on India and indulged in complex psy-ops.

A Defence Cyber Agency could be the first step the government plans to for critical infrastructure and military networks that are increasingly becoming dependent on the Internet, thus increasing vulnerabilities.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...-a-new-kind-of-enemy/articleshow/61141277.cms
If you are quietly preparing, how come the media know so much details? Typical Indian secrecy, they will broadcast it. :rofl:
 
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India is light years Behind in this area.
I don't understand why the security planners in India have slept over it so long.
 
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Pakistan if not has already created one should create one but should be under Armed Forces most like CJOSC which currently is Zubair Hayat
 
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Pakistan if not has already created one should create one but should be under Armed Forces most like CJOSC which currently is Zubair Hayat
Chill yara kuch bhe nehin hay. Every army has a technical work force to take care of cyber affairs.
 
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Yes but in modern time a full agency is needed for cyber warfare
What would fall under the label of cyber warfare? Apart from big words and terms in the end what exactly is needed for cyber battleground?
 
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What would fall under the label of cyber warfare? Apart from big words and terms in the end what exactly is needed for cyber battleground?
Lot of things from hacking to monitoring Mails to recording calls and creating software's and bugging and lots lots of other stuff
 
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Lot of things from hacking to monitoring Mails to recording calls and creating software's and bugging and lots lots of other stuff
apart from software and hacking other things are happening since world war. Even for hacking defense ministries have the IT experts to take care of software vulnerabilities and security. In the end it all comes down to couple of intelligent minds who have the right experience and they can help you. Hacking/Cracking is normally the result of geeks few individuals who have spent most of their lives working/studying systems they break in. I think a cyber force is more of a myth and just a fancy term.
 
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apart from software and hacking other things are happening since world war. Even for hacking defense ministries have the IT experts to take care of software vulnerabilities and security. In the end it all comes down to couple of intelligent minds who have the right experience and they can help you. Hacking/Cracking is normally the result of geeks few individuals who have spent most of their lives working/studying systems they break in. I think a cyber force is more of a myth and just a fancy term.
https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-d/opb/str/D-STR-GCI.01-2017-PDF-E.pdf

India has Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology but don't have any separate cyber security agency for all tri services or a dedicated agency to fight against outside attacks..Although we rank pretty well Global Cyber security index(25) among 165 countries.
 
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I dont know about cyber warfare but definitely plenty of cyber warriors around.
 
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