Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4191-1010076899-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 03 Jan 2002 08:57:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 20859 invoked by uid 510); 3 Jan 2002 16:55:20 -0000 Received: from n1.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.51) by all.net with SMTP; 3 Jan 2002 16:55:20 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4191-1010076899-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.191] by n1.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Jan 2002 16:55:00 -0000 X-Sender: r_v_p@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 3 Jan 2002 16:54:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 50523 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2002 16:54:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m5.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 Jan 2002 16:54:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO web11607.mail.yahoo.com) (216.136.172.59) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Jan 2002 16:54:59 -0000 Message-ID: <20020103165458.55018.qmail@web11607.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [203.94.253.185] by web11607.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 03 Jan 2002 08:54:58 PST To: 4gw@yahoogroups.com, c4i@yahoogroups.com, c4i2@yahoogroups.com, iwar@yahoogroups.com From: Ravi V Prasad <r_v_p@yahoo.com> X-Yahoo-Profile: r_v_p Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 08:54:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] IndiaTimes story: Indo-Pak war raging in cyberspace Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Interesting story though he wrongly identifies milworm as a Pakistani group whereas it is an anti-nuclear group. Rest of the story is all correct. Ravi V Prasad ======================== Indo-Pak war raging in cyberspace Read the full story at http://news.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=380255744 SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA TIMES NEWS NETWORK EW DELHI: Pakistani hackers have made several attempts to hack into Indian sites--especially those containing data on sensitive information relating to nuclear test management--to access sensitive information related to the country's security, said sources in the Intelligence Bureau. The sites targetted include those of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), the Nuclear Science Centre (NSC) and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). Although these three sites have been repeatedly hacked in the past, according to IB officials, the recent attempts were aimed at accessing crucial data secured under severely firewalled servers. "It is quite apparent that the new breed of hackers are much more equipped and trained," say sources in the IB. Officials also say that there could have been at least a couple of successful attempts to break the codes of the sites. "There have been as many as seven attempts to hack into the BARC data since the attack on Indian Parliament on December 13. We are also on the lookout for spy programs that might have been installed," says an official. The IB has already written to the defence and the home ministry about the issue. The two ministries have, in turn, sought the help of cyber security firms to shore up the sites. The hackers, according to officials, may be on the payroll of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence. There has been a history of infiltration into Indian sites with sensitive information by Pakistani hackers. The first infiltration into BARC was in 1998, when it was hacked by three members of Milworm, a Pakistan-based hacker group. Ever since, BARC servers have been favourite targets of Pakistani hackers. "This year alone, at least one spy program has been detected in a BARC mail server," says an official. The first intrusion into IGCAR was reported in January last year when G-Force, a Pakistani hacker group, defaced its main server. Subsequently, other servers in IGCAR have been repeatedly hacked by G-Force. Indian intelligence officials have identified one hacker as Rsnake, who is said to have copied the master database from IGCAR and provided some data to Pakistani intelligence as proof of his access. The ISI, in turn, has realised the importance of hackers after BARC was hacked in 1998. The first Pakistani hacker group-Pakistani Hackers Club-was formed by two 'hacktivists' who used the pseudonyms DoctorNuker and Mr Sweet. DoctorNuker took to hacking when he was a computer science student at Karachi University. Along with fellow hacker Dizasta (real name: Fahad Shamshek Khan), he started hacking into critical Indian and US servers. DoctorNuker, say IB officials, was the first hacker whose skills were recognised by the ISI and under the latter's directives, focused on critical Indian government servers (especially those relating to nuclear and atomic establishments). But sources say the most active Pakistani hacker in the recent past has been a person impersonating as Rsnake, who started hacking from the Netherlands where he was working with a group of portals. Inspired by DoctorNuker, he started the hacker group G-Force from Holland. The ISI has now got him to Pakistan to coordinate other hackers targeting Indian websites, claim IB officials. ............... Read the full story at http://news.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=380255744 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! 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