IT lawyer Pavan Duggal and C Uday Bhaskar on Pakistani internet hackers

From the archive record

IT lawyer Pavan Duggal and C Uday Bhaskar speaks on Pakistani internet hackers. Pakistan-based hackers are completely funded by its intelligence and unlike their counterparts in India they are fully protected. There has been a lot of intelligence regarding Pakistan groups using the social media and other websites to create panic. What India needs is a dedicated cyber army, which will counter these attacks. Cyber security experts point out social networking sites need to be monitored 24X7. India's approach has been more reactive than pro active and more often than not we have been acting only once the crime is committed. Statistics show that India has not taken cyber threats very seriously. In 2007, there were 217 such attacks and in 2010 and 2011 the attacks went up to 966 and 1,000 respe