Pakistani hackers target ‘Make in India’ defence programs


As per a report, three public sector defence equipment manufacturers as well as India’s security forces have been on the target of an espionage campaign run by a notorious Pakistani hacking group with suspected links to its military.

Transparent Tribe, known as Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) 36 among cybersecurity professionals, has been targeting employees in defence establishment, especially in companies that come under the Defence Ministry’s Department of Defence Production. A cyberattack campaign designed to target personnel of the Indian Air Force (IAF), earlier reported by India Today, was also run by this group.

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Source: MSN News


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