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Espionage taint on Army establishment
A major espionage scandal stares Indian Army in its face with the National Investigating Agency (NIA) revealing that the computer hard disc of a Major was "tampered" with at the Army headquarters in Delhi before being sent to the CFSL, Hyderabad, for laboratory test. "It seems to be a big spy ring," said a senior security official. "It's shocking that certain files were deleted after the hard disc was seized by the Army following suspicion that the Major was involved in some spying activities on behalf of Pakistan."
The computer hard disc contained nearly 2,500 highly sensitive files some of which dealt with about the Strategic Forces Command, minutes of some classified meetings of top Army commanders besides deployment and contingency plans, sources said. The agencies were alarmed as the files had details about the deployment of the troops on the borders and planned troop movements, which is classified information.
"Now, the question is how a young Major could have access to such information," a security official asked. "The deletion of files after the seizure of hard disc leaves no doubt that he was acting not alone and more persons collaborated with him," he added.
The computer is still at the Army headquarters and the hard disc was removed and sent to the CFSL to ascertain if the Major was right in claiming that he had become victim of 'hacking'.
The Major, an officer of the Bihar Regiment, posted in Andaman, was questioned in early May when the US intelligence agencies alerted India about leakage of sensitive information to the ISI. The source of the leakage was tracked to the officer who said his computer was hacked. At that point of time, the Army ruled out espionage angle.
However, the detailed analysis of the officer's personal computer by the Hyderabad-based laboratory indicated that certain sensitive data was deleted after the machine was seized by the authorities. This led the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Military Intelligence to summon the Major to Delhi again on Monday for further questioning.
Stressing the point that the questioning of the Major was a joint effort, sources said the Military Intelligence was not aware about the tampering of the computer, adding the machine was sealed jointly by the two agencies.
http://www.dailypioneer.com/261214/Espionage-taint-on-Army-establishment.html
A major espionage scandal stares Indian Army in its face with the National Investigating Agency (NIA) revealing that the computer hard disc of a Major was "tampered" with at the Army headquarters in Delhi before being sent to the CFSL, Hyderabad, for laboratory test. "It seems to be a big spy ring," said a senior security official. "It's shocking that certain files were deleted after the hard disc was seized by the Army following suspicion that the Major was involved in some spying activities on behalf of Pakistan."
The computer hard disc contained nearly 2,500 highly sensitive files some of which dealt with about the Strategic Forces Command, minutes of some classified meetings of top Army commanders besides deployment and contingency plans, sources said. The agencies were alarmed as the files had details about the deployment of the troops on the borders and planned troop movements, which is classified information.
"Now, the question is how a young Major could have access to such information," a security official asked. "The deletion of files after the seizure of hard disc leaves no doubt that he was acting not alone and more persons collaborated with him," he added.
The computer is still at the Army headquarters and the hard disc was removed and sent to the CFSL to ascertain if the Major was right in claiming that he had become victim of 'hacking'.
The Major, an officer of the Bihar Regiment, posted in Andaman, was questioned in early May when the US intelligence agencies alerted India about leakage of sensitive information to the ISI. The source of the leakage was tracked to the officer who said his computer was hacked. At that point of time, the Army ruled out espionage angle.
However, the detailed analysis of the officer's personal computer by the Hyderabad-based laboratory indicated that certain sensitive data was deleted after the machine was seized by the authorities. This led the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Military Intelligence to summon the Major to Delhi again on Monday for further questioning.
Stressing the point that the questioning of the Major was a joint effort, sources said the Military Intelligence was not aware about the tampering of the computer, adding the machine was sealed jointly by the two agencies.
http://www.dailypioneer.com/261214/Espionage-taint-on-Army-establishment.html