Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday stated that the world is in the age of Grey Zone and Hybrid warfare where cyber-attacks, disinformation campaigns, and economic warfare have become tools that can achieve politico-military aims without a single shot being fired.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that in recent years, there has been an expansion of digital infrastructure in the country, leading to an increase in the number of cyber attacks, with cybercrimes erasing geographical boundaries.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said out-of-the-box thinking is required to find solutions in the face of challenges such as attacks on critical infrastructure, cyber attacks, information warfare and radicalization of youth.
Cyber-attacks on the government and significant business websites are as much a reality as physical insurgency and terrorist attacks.
The National Cyber Security Coordinator, Lt General MU Nair, represented New Delhi at the meeting
So, what should India do to neutralise the Pakistani cyber threat before it assumes menacing proportions? Experts say that while Pakistani hacking activities lack the sophistication of Chinese-sponsored cyberattacks, they exhibit an unsurpassed tenacity in their ideological propaganda as seen in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370.
This is for the first time that Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has formulated a comprehensive guideline that intends to bring uniformity in cyber security preparedness across various utilities.
For respondents from India, malware (56 per cent) is the leading source of security attacks followed by ransomware (53 per cent), and phishing and credential stuffing (both 43 per cent).
The US and key allies accused the Chinese government of executing the recent Microsoft Exchange hack that affected more than 30,000 organisations in the US alone.
He further said that the cyber attacks targeted "state government objects, military-industrial enterprises, healthcare, transport, research and education facilities".
