With the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan, cyber attacks by Pakistan-based or backed hacker groups against Indian entities, too, are on the rise. Immediately after the dastardly attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives on April 22, a wave of cyber attacks was seen against Indian organizations, both government and private. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued alerts to key sectors, cautioning them against more serious attacks.

The Pakistani hackers have primarily used website defacement, data theft claims, and denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, rather than sophisticated malware or ransomware so far. Not all of these claims are verified but the threat is, nevertheless, very, very real and not just because of the ever-increasing conflict between the two countries.

India has for years been the target of focused cyber-threats of all types and degrees. It is crucial to remember that these threats have not just persisted but also evolved over the years, regardless of any conflict at the border, and this is exactly why........

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