As Kashmir limps back to normalcy after the abrogation of Article 370 that ceases the special status accorded to the erstwhile state, Pakistani cyber warriors -in a clear attempt of retaliation against the decision - have flooded social media platforms with anti-India posts.
Security agencies and cyber experts have found that thousands of fake accounts have been created from Pakistan to peddle fake news, morphed pictures, and old videos to show India and armed forces in a bad light.
Sources in central surveillance agency said Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the intelligence agency of Pakistan is on a hiring spree as they have started recruiting a pool of techies and hackers to wage information warfare by circulating fake information.
Thousands of fake profiles have been created recently on Facebook and Twitter which are constantly spreading anti-India content. According to a senior security officer, Pakistan already has a large team of influencers and geeks who are spreading lies and Pakistan's anti-India propaganda on social media.
It is also observed that young students and techies are being paid to wage information warfare against India. A majority of the anti-India post was originated from Pakistan. Security forces are not only tracking these handles but are also doing a geographical mapping of such activities.
Another source in Military Intelligence told Mail Today that high tech facilities have been set-up in Pakistan to fuel anti-India sentiment in the virtual world. Pakistan's cyber warriors have a clear mandate to malign India's image or siphon information from army officials by honey trapping them.
The Narendra Modi-led Central government scrapped Article 370 and bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories - Jammu and Kashmir with Legislature, and Ladakh without Legislature. The mobile network, landlines and other communication facilities ..
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