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India is set to take steps to protect its cyber infrastructure and designate agencies for carrying out offensive cyber attacks on other countries. Indian Government announce the appointment of   first coordinator for The National cyber security agency. Mr. Gulshan Rai , who presently heads the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN), will be the first coordinator. The move comes at a time when proof shows countries launching cyber attacks not only for intelligence gathering and many nations describing the attacks as an act of war. " The plan is in final stages with certain legal issues being clarified. Among the issues are some objections to the legal powers of the proposed National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIPC), a command-and-control centre for monitoring the critical infrastructure. NCIPC is to be managed by the technical intelligence agency NTRO (National Technical Research Organisation), and...

Algerian hackers going by name ' SanFour25 ' yesterday deface 7 Indian government  websites including Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), West Bengal police and the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) websites. According to TheHindu , The most sensitive website that came under attack was the one operated by the Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC) of the DRDO ( www.rac.gov.in/experts/Dz.php ). The website was down for over 9 hours, which actually deals with the recruitment of scientists to the several laboratories of the DRDO. List of Hacked domains: https://rciregistration.nic.in/rehabcouncil/Dz.txt policewb.gov.in/wbp/counter.txt www.rac.gov.in/experts/Dz.php www.diu.gov.in/departments/Dz.php gpra.nic.in/writereaddata/Dz.php birapdbt.nic.in/video/Dz.php iii.gov.in/tmp/Dz.php Mirrors of hacked sites are available on Zone-H at  SanFour25 archive. It is possible that  the hackers could have attacked the ...

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In a major embarrassment, the website of India's premier investigating agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), was hacked tonight by a group identifying themselves as the "Pakistani Cyber Army." The CBI homepage displayed a message from the Pakistani Cyber Army, warning the Indian Cyber Army not to attack their websites. The hackers have exposed a significant vulnerability in India's cybersecurity by infiltrating one of the most secure websites. The CBI is linked to the command center of the world police organization, Interpol, 24/7. The hackers' message also criticized the National Informatics Centre (NIC), responsible for managing computer servers across India, and their filtering controls. Intelligence agencies have repeatedly warned the government that proper cybersecurity measures are lacking in government offices, and that no security audits are being conducted. The Pakistani Cyber Army further threatened to conduct "mass defacement"...