The cyber space witnessed what looked like an intense battle between hacktivists supporting India according to a cyber threat intelligence report prepared by Kochi-based cybersecurity company Technisanct.
According to a cyber threat intelligence report prepared by Kochi-based cybersecurity company Technisanct, India had to deal with a sustained cyber offensive targeting various institutions. These are mostly Pakistan and Bangladeshi hacktivist groups….
The principal motive behind these cyber attacks appears to be the intentional obstruction of key administrative functions and the spread of misinformation following the launch of Operation Sindoor, they said.
The cybercrime detection agency said it has observed that since Operation Sindoor, several critical infrastructure systems and government websites have been subjected to sustained cyber attacks.
Since part from directly targeting institutional digital assets, attackers were disseminating malware-infected files intended to compromise individual user devices
Of the identified incidents, 111 were distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks aimed at undermining target servers. DDoS cases account for 55.5% and the remaining cases fall into the categories of defacement.
