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Pakistani hackers are now targeting
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Indian defense websites. According to
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sources in the defense establishment,
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the cyber attacks may have compromised
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sensitive information about defense
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personnel including their login
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credentials. Now on social media
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platform X, a handle called Pakistan
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Cyber Force claimed that hackers gained
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access to sensitive data of the military
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engineer services and the Manohar
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Paraker Institute of Defense Studies and
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Analysis. Earlier we spoke to Vishnu for
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more details. This is to my mind the
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most serious instance of hacking that
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has taken place by Pakistani hackers
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because these are organizations directly
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affiliated with the Indian armed forces
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and the defense ministry. In the past
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there have been autonomous institutes
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for example educational institutes which
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have been hacked and defaced. On this
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particular occasion, the Indian military
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engineering service which is part of the
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core of engineers of the Indian army uh
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and the um armored vehicle nigum limited
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which is defense public sector unit they
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have been targeted in addition to the
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Manohar Pariker Institute of Defense
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Studies which was previously known as
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IDSA. So that's now called the Manor
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Pariker Institute of Defense Studies and
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analysis. In terms of data which is uh
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which has been breached at this stage,
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what we are told is that um they've
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gained access to sensitive data which
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includes the name of personnel uh which
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includes login credentials as well. As a
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result of this, the website of the
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armored vehicle Nigum Limited has been
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taken offline. They're conducting a
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thorough inquiry into this. They're
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trying to figure out the extent of the
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leaks which have taken place. uh but um
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this is a threat linked to Pakistan in
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the past on a real-time basis. U those
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keeping an eye out for these hacking
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attempts on the Indian military or
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affiliated organizations were able to to
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spot that these were coming in from
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Pakistan on this particular occasion. Uh
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it's quite clear that they have and once
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again uh you know I mean the matter of
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concern this time around particularly is
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that some sensitive defense equipment
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may have been breached.
