New Delhi: Indian army’s internal reports say that the pen drives, an easy-to-carry storage device, are the biggest threat to their cyber security systems.
“Over 70 percent cyber security breaches in the armed forces are due to their unauthorised use of pen drives, Army officials told press trust of India (PTI).
“These pen drives, which are mostly manufactured in China, have emerged as a big threat to our cyber security systems,” they said.
The report quoting sources said that fresh cyber security guidelines have been issued by all the three forces to their personnel to protect sensitive military networks from hacker attacks.
Wg Cdr Gerard Galway, the spokesman to Indian Air Force, has also confirmed the steps taken by the Air headquarters to safeguard its cyber assets and secret information.
About a couple of years ago, a Major posted in Andaman and Nicobar Islands was apprehended as it was found that sensitive data was being transferred from his computer.
However, it later emerged that his system had been hacked and spying viruses were transferring information to other computers.
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