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While India downed Pak drones & missiles, China-backed 6-nation hacker army launched cyberattack
India faced not only heavy attacks on its western border from Pakistan after military strikes under Operation Sindoor on Islamabad-backed terror hubs but was also targeted in cyberspace, The Times of India reported, citing sources and experts.
According to the report, state-backed hackers and hacktivists from Pakistan, Turkey, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Indonesia, with support from China, targeted Indian digital systems.
The attacks focused on defence PSUs, their MSME vendors, and critical infrastructure such as ports, airports, power grids, Indian Railways, airlines, telecom companies like BSNL, fintech platforms like UPI, digital wallets, stock exchanges, and large Indian conglomerates involved in infrastructure.
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The aim was to embarrass India and steal sensitive information about its defence systems, including missile data, sources said.
According to Interpol trainer and cyber forensic expert Pendyala Krishna Shastry, these cyberattacks were part of a broader Pakistani campaign against Indian digital assets. The attackers used malware, phishing, and denial-of-service attacks to target key sectors such as finance, telecom, energy, and public services.
Zone-H, a website that tracks website defacements, reported breaches of Indian government domains. The website of the National Institute of Water Sports (niws.nic.in) was defaced, while another site, nationaltrust.nic.in, was also hacked but later restored.
The Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) website faced a major glitch on Tuesday after a message appeared from a group calling itself 'Mr Habib 404 – Pakistani Cyber Force,' saying, 'You thought you were safe, but we are here.' However, officials avoided confirming whether it was a cyberattack from Pakistan, reports Sanjay Sahay.
CCL's Public Relations Officer, Alok Gupta, said, 'The website has been restored and is functioning normally. There was no loss or tampering of company data. For now, we believe it was a technical issue and cannot confirm if it was a hack.'
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