To bust Chinese hackers, NATO sees an ally in India

[angeldemon_007]

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Brussels: Faced with a common cyber security threat from Chinese hackers, NATO is eyeing India as an ally in securing its computers that hold sensitive information and data against malware and Trojan viruses.

With US already signing a cyber security collaboration pact with India this July, the 28-nation American-led political and military alliance is of the view that it can collaborate with the South Asian information technology superpower in protecting the cyber world, one of the global commons.
"You have one of the most advanced cyber industries in the world... and information technology industries. The issue of cyber security is one that affects the United States, NATO and India no matter whether we are aligned or non-aligned," a senior NATO official told IANS at the alliance's headquarters here.

"The cyber world doesn't recognise alignments. It only recognises switches and servers. As a result, we are in this cyber world together, whether we like it or not.

"We better figure out a way to cooperate, particularly since it does matter that you have a neighbour (country) next door, which is pretty much involved in cyber issues, even far away. Because in the cyber world, we are equally close," the official, who did not want to be identified because of the organisation's rules, said.

Although he did not name any of India's neighbours, it was clear he was referring to China, which is suspected of being behind spy software attacks on American, NATO, Indian and Tibetan computers in the last half-a-decade, stealing highly classified military and security data.

In 2009, an investigation by Information Warfare Monitor (IWM) comprising researchers from Ottawa-based think-tank, SecDev Group, and the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto, had blamed a spy network of Chinese hackers, called GhostNet, to have breached the firewalls of computers of NATO and other countries, including that of Tibetan leader Dalai Lama.
Their 2010 report claimed that major Indian defence establishments, including the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, National Security Council Secretariat, National Maritime Foundation, and armed forces units were targeted and secret presentations on weapons systems stolen by Chinese hackers.

A cyber security report earlier this year had suggested that the worldwide web-based attacks in 2010 were up 93 per cent from 2009.

As recently as July this year, 'Anonymous' hackers had targeted NATO in a cyber attack.
Just a month ahead of the latest attack, NATO had decided to create a special task force to detect and respond to such attacks by beefing up its cyber defence capabilities.

Its 2010 summit in Lisbon too recognised the growing sophistication of cyber attacks and set policies for the alliance to cooperation with partner countries.

NATO has already spelt out its intention of having India as a political and military partner country, considering its growing stature as a regional power.

To bust Chinese hackers, NATO sees an ally in India - Tech News - IBNLive

[indushek]

America is singing to India like this:

"Main Ashiq hoon, tu meri Aashiqi"

"Chaudhvin ka chand ho ya aaph taab ho, jo bhi ho tum khuda ki kasam laa javaab ho" and so on and on on............



We are unable to defend simple sites from being hacked and they want our help in cyberspace..............

[kingkobra]

small and poorly secured websites are bound to be hacked someday or another..we can never ever stop them...

[zaheer.triple.es23]

America is singing to India like this:

"Main Ashiq hoon, tu meri Aashiqi"

"Chaudhvin ka chand ho ya aaph taab ho, jo bhi ho tum khuda ki kasam laa javaab ho" and so on and on on............



We are unable to defend simple sites from being hacked and they want our help in cyberspace..............

Another FALSE FLAG!! *sighs*

[misterme2]

I think the message is more like you have ample educated manpower that can be trained in tactics of cyberwarfare, if utilized properly and effectively. India may have a great Computer industry but don;t underestimate the US ability to strategize beyond comprehension and develop ideas that would blow our slippers off (stuxnet). Both strengths combined will be lethal to any enemy cough cough lol...you know who you are ....haha

[DelhiDareDevil]

Oh man forget all this NATO and India brotherhood by the media.

[farhan_9909]

plzz someone teach me hacking

my facebook page is hacked and cant see my page in others hand
:(

[misterme2]

Oh man forget all this NATO and India brotherhood by the media.

Why? waht's wrong with that....who should be allies to? China and Pak have linked up, what should we do sit and pray?

[Avatar]

I think the message is more like you have ample educated manpower that can be trained in tactics of cyberwarfare, if utilized properly and effectively. India may have a great Computer industry but don;t underestimate the US ability to strategize beyond comprehension and develop ideas that would blow our slippers off (stuxnet). Both strengths combined will be lethal to any enemy cough cough lol...you know who you are ....haha

I agree with you. The US realizes what India's IT potential is and the two can be great partners on the cyber world. Just like US. India should identify and recruit talented hackers.

[angeldemon_007]

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US already signed a similar agreement in the beginning of this year. I think what US should do is start treating indian industries as their own and provide some funding create demand for both India and US in cyber security.

India has everything for it except no funds for cyber security, no demands, hell nobody understands in New Delhi that how serious is the loss of data from the internet. If somebody losses data through internet, first of they won't realize for years and if they do they will try to cover up instead of reporting it and putting a stop to it.

India will never take any steps to improve cyber security but US will and i think they know how useful indian industries can be.

India also wants to set up central database for information like US and other western countries have. While on one hand it will improve the operational capabilities of our agencies but it will take a decade for them to get use to this system. On the other hand building this system will be like you cash all your things like FD,shares, gold, insurance etc. put it at your home making it more easier for thieves to steel.

We don't have the understanding and will power to use such a databases. Hell forget about our enemies we will have to protect this database from our private industries themselves because this information is like jackpot for them too. Unless Government of India is willing to train the people using it and is serious about protecting this information because they will have to spend millions just to maintain and update this database, i don't think we should even consider building such a system.