Pakistan continues to be the biggest target of Indian cyber-espionage, andChina, with its cyber-espionage groups soliciting information on thePakistani government, military, and other organizations. According to thenews outlet, an Indian threat group is known as “Dark Basin” has targetedgovernments across six continents over the last seven years.
Despite its huge talent pool and cyberwarfare aims, India is often notconsidered a threat by the international intelligence community. The DailySwig post has shed light on how India is expanding its cyber capabilitiesand developing hacking groups to commit cyber espionage. The analysis looksat India’s unemployment and the Indian government’s willingness to rely ontalent from an emerging population of underground threat actors eager tomake money off of their hacking skills.
India is considered to have a less developed cyber warfare capability thanChina, UK, and the US, but that’s fast-changing. Morgan Wright, an ex-USState Department special advisor, told *The Daily Swig*: “India’s growingoffensive capability is still immature compared to China, North Korea,Russia, Israel, the UK, and the US. However, there is no shortage of peoplewith advanced technical skills in India.”
India established the Defence Cyber Agency (DCA) in 2019 – an agency thatspecifically engages in operations relating to cyber warfare. Reportssuggest that the DCA has more than 1,000 experts across the Indian army,navy, and Air force.
Assaf Dahan, senior director and head of threat research at Cybereason,told The Daily Swig, “The level of sophistication of the activity groupsaffiliated with India can vary; some groups have shown a high level ofsophistication and use of advanced custom-built toolslink or advanced exploits,while others exhibited significantly less sophisticated capabilities.”
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The news comes amid growing cyber-attacks faced by Pakistan from the Indianside, including spying activities, hacking of government institution’swebsites, and growing recent reports of Indian spying on the Pakistanigovernment and military officials.
Source: The Daily Swig
