[iwar] India, US begin cyber-security initiative

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Date: 2002-05-01 11:11:51

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India, US begin cyber-security initiative 

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=8506638

India, US begin cyber-security initiative 

INDRANI BAGCHI

TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ WEDNESDAY, MAY 01, 2002  4:29:33 AM ] 

NEW DELHI: As the mouse becomes mightier than the missile and the 
frontiers of international terrorism shift in to the virtual world, 
India and the US have begun a new initiative to combat cyber-
terrorism in both countries that threaten not only computer networks, 
but critical infrastructure systems of both economies.

An 18-member high-level US delegation, led by Lincoln Bloomfeld, 
assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, met 
representatives from the National Security Council here and from 
other related security agencies to give shape to the new initiative, 
which had been proposed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and George W Bush 
during the summit in Washington in October last.

The US delegation includes academics to top FBI officials and 
intelligence (NSA) and State Department officials.

Both sides shared "national experiences" on cyber-security, their 
approach and treatment of emerging threats. The meetings are expected 
to conclude with an "action plan" for future co-operation.

The initiative seeks to weld India's growing software abilities and 
the intelligence and technology capabilities of the US to track and 
defuse cyber threats to both countries.

As cyber-terrorists are now using steganography (ie encrypted 
messages), as even mail drop boxes for physical terrorist attacks, 
countering cyber-terrorists will assume greater importance in future.

Cyber threats to India stem primarily from Pakistani hackers groups, 
as well as some al-Qaeda groups. For instance, in 2001, Indian high-
visibility sites like the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) and 
the Indian Institute of Science were defaced by Pakistani hackers, 
with the total (until September 2001) coming to 275 attacks.

The most visible Pakistani groups include G-Force, Doctor Nuker and 
Pakistani Hackerz Club, all of whom break into Indian sites, and 
often leave behind provocative pro-Kashmir messages on them.

But these attacks have been getting more sophisticated, as terrorists 
use internet chat rooms, pornographic bulletin boards and even sports 
sites to post messages for physical attacks.

This came to light during the Red Fort attack by Lashkar-e-Toiba 
(LeT) terrorists, one of whom was arrested with his computer, which 
showed access to several porn sites.

As for the US, President George W Bush has earmarked almost $4 
billion for network security in the US. Recent studies have also 
shown how cellphone users in Pakistan could log on to an Indian ISP 
to send messages to confuse sleuths on their trail.

In the aftermath of September 11, US intelligence agencies have been 
cracking down on ISPs to provide details of internet traffic. Similar 
procedures will be used in India, though the level of sophistication 
has a lot of catching up to do.

But clearly cyber-sleuthing has been having salutary effects, given 
the number of attacks against US interests that have already been 
thwarted in the last few months.

Only last week, CIA alerts, reported in the Los Angeles Times talked 
of cyber threats from Chinese hackers in the next few weeks.

"The new CIA report, however, makes clear that US intelligence 
analysts have become increasingly concerned that authorities in 
Beijing are actively planning to damage and disrupt US computer 
systems through the use of internet hacking and computer viruses." 

According to the report, Beijing authorities, specifically the 
Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) may be planning these disruptions, 
although their technical expertise needs further upgradation.

This is where co-operation between India and the US comes in — to 
detect and pre-empt such attacks or threats to critical 
infrastructure in both countries. 

Just as an example, the Code Red worm (which was believed to have 
originated in China) that spread through the world's computers last 
year, extracted a damage of $2.4 billion. Its not small change any 
longer.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=8506638

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=8506638

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