A year after Indian embassies across the world were compromised by a China-based cyber espionage network, investigators have uncovered the extent of the spy ring, revealing that computers in the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) were infected, giving the hackers access to confidential documents on the security assessment of Northeastern states and Naxalite movement, besides information on missile defence systems and military equipment.
More than 35 sensitive computers belonging to the NSCS, Indian Air Force, the Army's Military Intelligence and Indian missions in Kabul and Moscow were accessed by the spy ring for long periods of time after they got infected by 'GhostNet', a Chinese cyber network that first came to light last year when investigators were looking into loopholes in the Dalai Lama's computer systems in Dharamsala.