NATO seeks Cyber Alliance with India. With the flood of international system breaches, NATO may turn to India for assistance.
And the move just makes sense. Though not spelling it out clearly, one of the main threats they have in common is China. Reports from security research group Information Warfare Monitor (IWM) for the last couple years have claimed that a Chinese hacker entity called “GhostNet” has attacked and compromised NATO systems along with several other countries. In 2010, the research group focused on intrusions into India’s government and defense systems: “Their 2010 report claimed that major Indian defence establishments, including the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, National Security Council Secretariat, National Maritime Foundation, and armed forces units were targeted and secret presentations on weapons systems stolen by Chinese hackers. Cyber war: Indian hackers take down OGRA site. A war between Indian and Pakistani cyber hackers has erupted.
Both sides are hacking each other’s websites. These attacks began with an Indian Cyber Army (ICA) attack — cited as ‘revenge for the 26/11 attack — on Pakistani government websites. A group of Pakistani hackers, identifying themselves as the Pakistan Cyber Army (PCA), retaliated not out of any ideological motivation but simply revenge. The two sides have been retaliating since then, with dangerous tit-for-tat attacks. Cyber war talks 'invade' CeBIT. 'India needs tools for cyber warfare' : India: India Today.