Chinese hackers target PMO computers
18 January, 2010
Hackers from China reportedly targeted computers in India’s Prime Minister's Office (PMO) around December 15, 2009. According to Headlines Today, investigators are trying to find out the identity of the hackers and whether the hacking was an espionage attempt by the Chinese government itself.
A PMO spokesperson has said that no classified information was breached, but added, “There are routine attempts to hack into various systems. The PMO has its own system in place to protect against such attempts.”
Pavan Duggal, chairman, Cyber Law and IT Act Committee, has said, “China is very active in cyberspace. It has raised a cyber army of about 3,00,000 people and their only job is to intrude upon secured networks of other countries. All this is aimed at supremacy.”
Related Story
Google stops censoring search results on Google.cn; may shut down its offices in China
Post new comment