NEW DELHI - About 3,000 Internet connections, including those of the Ministry of Defense, security agencies, the CBI and banks in Delhi, have been found to be compromised, probably for snooping from foreign locations, according to a report submitted by cyber security experts to government. While computers in these organizations haven’t been hacked, a vulnerability in the modems they use may have...
allowed outsiders access to information, the Indian Infosec Consortium said. “About 3,000 Internet connections in Delhi are compromised, including that of defence, CBI, election officers. They are being accessed using servers abroad. We have shared a detailed report with Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal who has promised prompt action,” IIC cyber security analyst Jiten Jain said. The list includes the Ministry of Defense at South Block, Deputy Secretary of the Cabinet Secretariat at Rashtrapati
Bhawan, Chief of Naval Staff in C-Wing at South Block, Air Force Communication center at Vayu Bhawan, zonal officer of the Controller of Defense Accounts at Delhi Cantonment, and the Directorate of Income Tax (Investigation) at Jhandewalan. Some connections at the office of public telecom firm MTNL were also compromised. (PTI)
Bhawan, Chief of Naval Staff in C-Wing at South Block, Air Force Communication center at Vayu Bhawan, zonal officer of the Controller of Defense Accounts at Delhi Cantonment, and the Directorate of Income Tax (Investigation) at Jhandewalan. Some connections at the office of public telecom firm MTNL were also compromised. (PTI)
RSS Feed
