Bloodless hidden Cyber Wars against India
Mass invisible bloodless cyber-attacks on our country’s institutions and organisations cripple our economy, industry, governance and national security. These attacks can be secretive, more often lethal and more severe than any military operation(s), which are more visible in physical deaths, bloodshed and destruction. These global and lower-scale attacks are becoming everyday occurrences like accidents, wars, fires, unauthorised access and excessively employed for sabotage, subversion and espionage through cyber warfare means of unlimited reach. This ‘white chair borne terrorism’ covers a broad spectrum of cyber-crimes encompassing Aeronautics, Airports, Banks, Defence, DRDO, Education, Hospitals, Hotels, Mints, Nuclear Energy, Oil, Power, Ports, Prasar Bharti (AIR & Doordarshan Kendras) Railways, Refineries, Space, Ship Building, Telecom & various vital Research Centres & Laboratories; in fact in every sphere of human activity. The FICN (Fake Indian Currency Notes) is being pumped by Pakistan in collaboration with China and other inimical forces to derail our economy, causing Economic Disaster to ruin and devastate our country without crossing LOC/IB and firing a bullet. Shockingly, often the FICN entering via Pakistan and some south Asian countries are so well designed that the original currency looks pale inferior.
Our adversaries, Pakistan and China, have realised that bullying India along IB/LOC/LAC will only work in tandem with Cyber Warfare co-opted seriously against India in conflict resolution to their choice and likings.
The recent cyber-attack on all the servers of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, was allegedly launched by China from Hanan province and Hong Kong, but the person, organisation and exact location have not been identified. Even if these are identified, then the possibility of using proxy or virtual servers by attackers does not exist. The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO), a cyber-terrorism unit of the Delhi Police, on 25 Nov 2022, registered a case of extortion and cyber terrorism. Multiple agencies, including The National Intelligence Agency (NIA), National Forensic Science University (NFSU), Delhi…
