50 computers belonging to armed forces and DRDO hacked

National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon sought to downplay the hacking incident saying there are “various forms of compromise” and “not every leaked password is a big threat to security.

“A mere fact that some computer is open in North Block and South Block and is accessible, does not mean that therefore there is big gap in security.”

Insisting that “things are not in bad shape”, he said, “We will deal with those computers which we feel are compromised.”

An advisory issued to the Services said that it was found that a spyware was detected which could read the files of computers, which were not even connected to internet, the sources said.

Armed forces have suffered a lot due to the attempts of hacking by Chinese and Pakistani hackers as one Major posted in Andaman and Nicobar Islands was found to have leaked critical information from his computer.