China tried to hack our computers, says India’s security chief M.K. Narayanan

[FarCenter]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6991789.ece
Richard Beeston and Jeremy Page in Delhi

Chinese hackers are believed to have attempted to penetrate India’s most sensitive government office in the latest sign of rising tensions between the two rival Asian powers, The Times has learnt.

M. K. Narayanan, India’s National Security Adviser, said his office and other government departments were targeted on December 15, the same date that US companies reported cyber attacks from China.

“This was not the first instance of an attempt to hack into our computers,” Mr Narayanan told The Times in a rare interview.

He said that the attack came in the form of an e-mail with a PDF attachment containing a “Trojan” virus, which allows a hacker to access a computer remotely and download or delete files. The virus was detected and officials were told not to log on until it was eliminated, he said.

“People seem to be fairly sure it was the Chinese. It is difficult to find the exact source but this is the main suspicion. It seems well founded,” he said, adding that India was co-operating with America and Britain to bolster its cyber defences.

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[msongs]

1. as well as US corporate and government too = cyber war declared by China nt

[Jamastiene]

2. Ol' Zbigniew has been busy, working quick, I see.

Wonder how long before the Russian/Chinese "alliance" is confronted and we start another cold war?

[bertman]

3. Does this surprise anyone? Cyberwarfare has been raging for decades.