Fearing increased attempt at snooping from China and Pakistan, here’s what the Indian defence ministry is asking from armed forces
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According to an Economic Times report, India's defence establishment has sounded a fresh red alert over the need to ensure physical as well as cyber security of classified information in light of increasing espionage attempts by foreign intelligence agencies, especially from China and Pakistan.
Considering the situation, the defence ministry has directed the armed forces and other organizations working under it to strictly implement the fresh security measures to prevent the leak of classified matter.
"Defence personnel, especially those serving in lower formations, privy to sensitive information relating to organization matters pertaining to the armed forces continue to be targets of foreign intelligence espionage efforts agents," said the MoD directive, issued on March 12.
As a precautionary measure, all government organisations have been asked to keep an eye on the staff’s photocopying habits, suspicious conduct, caller ID spoofing and the like as well as restrict access to divisions dealing with confidential matters.
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While both China and Pakistan have been bolstering their capability to wage war in the virtual arena, the former has made it a top military priority. "China regularly hacks into sensitive computer networks of countries like India, the US, the UK and Germany ," said a senior officer.
"China has at least a couple of hacker brigades, apart from over 30,000 computer professionals in its militia. It also has civilian teams empowered to undertake similar intelligence and computer network attacks," he added.
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