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Tag: Intrusion

  • Pakistan traces Rajasthan, Gujarat borders for infiltration in 2020: report

    In the year 2020, Pakistan tried several routes of infiltration apart from sending terrorists through the borders in Jammu and Kashmir or Punjab. According to the Border Security Force (BSF), efforts were made by Pakistan to infiltrate the terrorists from the borders of Gujarat and Rajasthan into the Indian border.

    The data compiled by the BSF also states that the number of intrusions has increased. Last year, there were no incidents of infiltration attempts from the Gujarat and Rajasthan borders recorded by the BSF until the first week of November. Interestingly, the Kashmir Frontier of the BSF has recorded only one intrusion compared to the previous year, where November By the first week of the year there were 4 incursions.

    This year, the BSF royalty and the Gujarat Frontier have recorded incursions in August and September. Last year, no such incident was reported in the same period, ”said a senior BSF official.

  • Trump Quiet On Significant Cyberattacks On US Federal Agencies Posing ‘grave Risk’: Report

    As significant cyberattacks have continued to attack the federal agencies in America for several months, outgoing US President Donald Trump has chosen to remain silent on the possible breach that poses ‘grave risk’ to the governmnet. As per the CNN report, when Trump convened his Cabinet at the White House on December 16, the heads of agencies subjected to the intrusion were not present including the Department of Defense, the State Department, the Justice Department. Moreover, even after the meeting, the US President did not say anything about the cyberattack that went undetected by the intelligence agencies for several months. 

    Recently, the FBI called the cyberattacks “a developing situation”. In a joint statement, FBI, CISA and ODNI said on December 16  that they are putting together a unified response to the breaches while understanding its effect on the networks within the agencies. In a statement, late Wednesday (local time), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said that they have formed a Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG)  to coordinate the response of the entire government.