The Wire
August 24, 2015d
Several hackers from China have been suspected to hack information from Indian institutions in search of private information. These hackers were detected around the month of April before the visit of the PM to China and they are still seen to be conducting hacking activities.
The group has been seen to target phishing emails that contain Microsoft word attachments. The hackers intend to collect information on Indian security and politics and they have been sending phishing emails to the intending victims which contain virus due to which they can also hack into infected computers and steal information. Stealing information has now become the main target for the Chinese hackers.
The Chinese hackers are seen to be from the APT groups. There have been many such hacking incidents and now India needs to take a strong hold on the security of its private information. The PM has also stressed the needs of strong security as well as protection which will restrict hackers from hacking into computers.
The hackers have been targeting at government as well as private institutions, schools and educational institutions, diplomatic as well as scientific institutions for any kind of information.
