Chennai: Close on the heels of surgical strikes along the LoC by the Indian Army, cyber security experts on Friday claimed that they can hack the websites of Pakistan’s critical infrastructure if they were given a go ahead by the Indian government.
“We are trying to enter into their critical establishments after the Pathankot attack. We got the access to ‘gov.pk’ websites. But we need a command from the Indian government to hack them,” said S. Amar Prasad Reddy, additional director-general, National Cyber Safety and Security Standards.Talking to reporters on the sidelines of National Cyber Defence Summit, he said, “An expert hacker from our organisation has entered into Pakistan’s important database and showed us that the Pakistan’s critical websites are penetrable,” he said.
He added that an expert hacker can get any details from the rival’s digital source.
When asked about the safety of Indian government’s website he said, “We have ‘honeypot’ technology and it is very difficult to attack. We are already protecting so many critical infrastructures in our country. We are insisting that the states come out with a cyber security policy to protect their critical infrastructures. We need at least 10 lakh cyber security experts to protect our critical infrastructures,” he said.
