In the light of the latest cyberattack on the e-services of the prestigiousAIIMS-Delhi that hacked nearly three crore data storage of patients,including VVIPs like the former Prime Ministers and Presidents, thepossible threat of ransomware is resurfacing at an unimaginable scale
MAKHAN SAIKIA
Globalisation accompanied by multiple waves of advanced information and communication technologies has made nation states andtheir citizens more prone to attacks by unknown enemies.The cyber enemies are fast creating a world devoid of trust, creating a brand new vocabulary of conflict and chaos. JamesAdams, one of the founders of a cyber security firm called iDefense, had in 2001 warned that cyberspace is fast going to be a “newinternational battlefield”.CYBER WARFARE ISA NEW REALITY.A decade ago, then US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta declared the dangers of a “Cyber Pearl Harbour”. Further then USHomeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cautioned for a “Cyber 9/11”. In 2015, James Clapper, the then Director of NationalIntelligence, stated that the US must get ready for a “Cyber Armageddon”.Since the 9/11 terror attack on the US, the most powerful nation has been exposed to external threats. No one, even the USintelligence and other top security agencies would have thought of a terror assault on the US.But it happened that too at an unparallel magnitude, and terrorism received a new nomenclature called “global terrorism” and thefight against this scourge came to ..
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