-
India vs Pakistan - Venue: Cyberspace
Techtree News Staff, Nov 29, 2008 0904 hrs ISTOnline war raging in cyberspace
If there is a battle against the terrorists going on at Mumbai, there is this silent 'online' war that has been raging in cyberspace for some time. Apparently, the cyberspace is rampant with incidents of Pakistani and Indian hackers playing a game of one upmanship with repeated reports of hacking of government oriented websites.
In the latest incident, the website of the Andhra Pradesh CID website was hacked by a Pakistani hackers group in retaliation to a hack of the Pakistan's Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority's (OGRA) website by a group of Indian hackers. The Pakistani group posted abusive messages directed at their Indian rivals on the CID web site. Ironically, the CID does have a cyber crime cell which seems to have been left clueless in the midst. The hackers also removed the "most wanted" list that was displayed on the website. The website is now offline and is being restored.
Additional DGP AK Khan from the CID quips, "We have blocked the URL, efforts are on to restore the information and track the hackers. People have to bear the inconvenience till we restore information on the website". He added that the AP police was competent enough to handle this threat and that efforts were on to track the hackers.
That however, seems to be easier said than done because tracking expert hackers is a tricky procedure thanks to the proxy chain technique that they use to mask their identity and location.
On November 17, an Indian hackers group which calls itself the IMG had hacked into the OGRA web site and posted their logo and the Indian national emblem on the Pakistani web site. This was followed by retaliation in the form of hacking the ONGC web site by a group called Pakistan Cyber Army (PCA). They also hacked the web site of the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) (www.iirs.gov.in), Centre for Transportation Research and Management (CTRM) (www.ctram.indianrail.gov.in) and Kendriya Vidyalaya of Ratlam (www.kvrtm.org.in).
Apart from the ONGC website, all the others are still down and are being in the process of being restored.
In the latest incident, the website of the Andhra Pradesh CID website was hacked by a Pakistani hackers group in retaliation to a hack of the Pakistan's Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority's (OGRA) website by a group of Indian hackers. The Pakistani group posted abusive messages directed at their Indian rivals on the CID web site. Ironically, the CID does have a cyber crime cell which seems to have been left clueless in the midst. The hackers also removed the "most wanted" list that was displayed on the website. The website is now offline and is being restored.
Additional DGP AK Khan from the CID quips, "We have blocked the URL, efforts are on to restore the information and track the hackers. People have to bear the inconvenience till we restore information on the website". He added that the AP police was competent enough to handle this threat and that efforts were on to track the hackers.
That however, seems to be easier said than done because tracking expert hackers is a tricky procedure thanks to the proxy chain technique that they use to mask their identity and location.
On November 17, an Indian hackers group which calls itself the IMG had hacked into the OGRA web site and posted their logo and the Indian national emblem on the Pakistani web site. This was followed by retaliation in the form of hacking the ONGC web site by a group called Pakistan Cyber Army (PCA). They also hacked the web site of the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) (www.iirs.gov.in), Centre for Transportation Research and Management (CTRM) (www.ctram.indianrail.gov.in) and Kendriya Vidyalaya of Ratlam (www.kvrtm.org.in).
Apart from the ONGC website, all the others are still down and are being in the process of being restored.
Tag keywords
Discussion Board
(10) Comments
???
,???, on Dec 23, 2008 08:20 PM
Report abuse
vijay G
,Ahmednagar, on Nov 30, 2008 10:10 AM
Deepak
,New Yoek, on Nov 30, 2008 05:14 AM
duart maclean
,montreal, on Nov 29, 2008 07:49 PM
Arko Dhar
,Delhi, on Nov 29, 2008 06:17 PM
kalyan chatterj
,greater noida, on Nov 29, 2008 12:37 PM
Srini
,Indore, on Nov 29, 2008 05:39 PM
I hate Pakistan
,Sheffield, on Nov 29, 2008 04:50 PM
** Message edited by moderator **
Opinion Poll
- Which desktop web browser do you use?
-
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Chrome
Safari
Opera
Other (specify in comments)
Poll Results View Previous Polls