India Caught In Cyber Terror Web-- Rediff
Many terrorism experts have been concerned since 9/11 that if there is an act of terrorism involving nuclear material, it will most probably originate from Pakistan. Hence, their worries about the security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal and about the possibility of radicalised Pakistani scientists helping Al Qaeda or pro-Al Qaeda organisations.
Is there a similar danger of an act of cyber terrorism, seeking to damage or destroy critical infrastructure, emanating from India because of the availability of qualified information technology experts in terror groups. This question is likely to occupy the attention of terrorism experts following the announcement by the Mumbai Police on October 6,2008, of the arrest of 20 suspected members of the so-called Indian Mujahideen, who had played a role in the serial blasts in Ahmedabad on July 26,2008, in the abortive attempt to organise similar blasts in Surat the next day and in the serial blasts in New Delhi on September 13,2008.
Among those arrested are four IT-savvy members of the IM, who had played a role in sending the e-mail messages in the name of the IM before and after the Ahmedabad blasts and before the New Delhi blasts by hacking into Wi-fi networks in Mumbai and Navin Mumbai. These are :
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My Comment: And this problem is growing.
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