Chinese hackers target Indian government..!

by $ivateja (191) on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment | 3,330 views

One day after Google became public that were well organized under a hacker attack Chinese news has been poured into the computers that some Chinese hackers have attacked the Government in trying to catch many senior managers. Apparently an email was sent to high-level bureaucrats from a dormant email ID. This allowed the possibility of hackers accessing a backdoor to the network to get access to your computer hard drive.

Depending on how long these attacks coincided with the summit in Copenhagen last year, there is a theory that Chinese hackers might have tried to get a feel for the position of India before hand. The Prime Minister’s Office has confirmed the attack on the systems, but noted that computers with sensitive material are sterilized and have no Internet access.

Why China?

Many experts are saying that China has a long-term plan to use their control of hackers from the Internet or atleast develop the capacity to cause great harm. I think that idea is a little stretched. China has one of the most comprehensive system of surveillance and censorship of Internet content. Could soon have the largest number of Internet users, but the content is tightly controlled. To achieve this kind of monitoring mechanism would require a large number of hackers who are working day and night trying to control the massive internet population.

This essentially gives some of these Chinese hackers capacity of trying to attack their hands on the systems and networks outside China. Whereas there is nothing wrong with being aware and alert about cyber security, do not think it proper to wear too much about the conspiracy theories that suddenly start floating on the Internet together with parts of the written press and television.