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New Delhi: A successful Chinese hacking attack
has caused what is arguably the biggest security
breach in India with systems of hundreds of key
DRDO and other security officials being
compromised and leading to the leak of sensitive
files related to the cabinet committee on security (CCS), the highest decision-making body for
security issues of the government of India. The other stolen files recovered so far belong to
the governments of the United States, Russia, and
South Korea. The leak was detected in the first week of March
as officials from Indias technical intelligence
wing, National Technical Research Organisation
(NTRO), working with private Indian cyber
security experts cracked open a file called army
cyber policy. The file had been attached to hacked email accounts of senior DRDO officials
that quickly spread through the system in a
matter of seconds. As Indian security experts began to track its
origin they discovered, for the first time, that all
the sensitive files stolen from the infected
systems were being uploaded on a server in the
Guangdong province of China. So far, Indian intelligence has never been able to
pinpoint a hacking attack with such accuracy. As they continued to trace the breach, they
discovered thousands of top secret CCS files, and
other documents related to surface-to-air missile
and radar programmes from DRDL, a DRDO
laboratory based in Hyderabad, among many
other establishments. Even the e-tickets of the scientists who had
travelled to Delhi in the last week of February
were found on the server. The intelligence officials also discovered
documents of deals struck between DRDO and
Bharat Dynamics Ltd, a defence PSU which
manufactures strategic missiles and components.
Some other recovered files were related to price
negotiations with MBDA, a French missile manufacturing company. But the shocking part was the extent of the
hacking by the Chinese, believed to be officially
sponsored. The officials began to find files related to the
Russian military as well as files that belonged to
CSRDC (Centre for Security Research &
Development Center) which comes under the
United States department of Homeland Securitys
Science and Technology directorate. Some files from NASA too have been recovered so far. All
this was discovered after cyber security officials of the Information Dominance Group
(IDG) and private Indian cyber security officials
began to track down the NetTraveler Trojan and
Key logger that had infected Indian systems. The
other files recovered belong to South Korea,
Russia, and the United States. For a server of its size and capacity, believed to
be worth almost Rs150 crore in the open market,
it hosted just six domains. This is highly unusual
because a server of this size usually has over
10,000 domains. This meant that this was being used for a specific
purpose. Initially, it took time to decipher the files
since they were all encrypted. But after the key
was found, the decryption of the files began and
to their horror, Indian intelligence officials
discovered this massive breach of security.
http:www.//zeenews.india.com/news/nation/india-s-top-secrets-are-in-guangdong_834999.html
has caused what is arguably the biggest security
breach in India with systems of hundreds of key
DRDO and other security officials being
compromised and leading to the leak of sensitive
files related to the cabinet committee on security (CCS), the highest decision-making body for
security issues of the government of India. The other stolen files recovered so far belong to
the governments of the United States, Russia, and
South Korea. The leak was detected in the first week of March
as officials from Indias technical intelligence
wing, National Technical Research Organisation
(NTRO), working with private Indian cyber
security experts cracked open a file called army
cyber policy. The file had been attached to hacked email accounts of senior DRDO officials
that quickly spread through the system in a
matter of seconds. As Indian security experts began to track its
origin they discovered, for the first time, that all
the sensitive files stolen from the infected
systems were being uploaded on a server in the
Guangdong province of China. So far, Indian intelligence has never been able to
pinpoint a hacking attack with such accuracy. As they continued to trace the breach, they
discovered thousands of top secret CCS files, and
other documents related to surface-to-air missile
and radar programmes from DRDL, a DRDO
laboratory based in Hyderabad, among many
other establishments. Even the e-tickets of the scientists who had
travelled to Delhi in the last week of February
were found on the server. The intelligence officials also discovered
documents of deals struck between DRDO and
Bharat Dynamics Ltd, a defence PSU which
manufactures strategic missiles and components.
Some other recovered files were related to price
negotiations with MBDA, a French missile manufacturing company. But the shocking part was the extent of the
hacking by the Chinese, believed to be officially
sponsored. The officials began to find files related to the
Russian military as well as files that belonged to
CSRDC (Centre for Security Research &
Development Center) which comes under the
United States department of Homeland Securitys
Science and Technology directorate. Some files from NASA too have been recovered so far. All
this was discovered after cyber security officials of the Information Dominance Group
(IDG) and private Indian cyber security officials
began to track down the NetTraveler Trojan and
Key logger that had infected Indian systems. The
other files recovered belong to South Korea,
Russia, and the United States. For a server of its size and capacity, believed to
be worth almost Rs150 crore in the open market,
it hosted just six domains. This is highly unusual
because a server of this size usually has over
10,000 domains. This meant that this was being used for a specific
purpose. Initially, it took time to decipher the files
since they were all encrypted. But after the key
was found, the decryption of the files began and
to their horror, Indian intelligence officials
discovered this massive breach of security.
http:www.//zeenews.india.com/news/nation/india-s-top-secrets-are-in-guangdong_834999.html
Liu Siyu, director of the security research team at Rising, told The China Daily. He said China was the worlds second-largest target for hackers globally after the United States.
