India`s defense research facility burgled
IRNA
New Delhi, Oct 10, IRNA - Nineteen computers belonging to India`s top
secret establishments of the Defense Research and Development
Organization (DRDO) at Metcalfe House here have been stolen, local
press reported Friday.
The computers which were installed in the offices of the
Scientific Analyses Group (SAG) and the Institute for System Studies
and Analyses (ISSA) contained strategic data vital to India`s
security.
The SAG is responsible for cryptography. In other words, all
codes and cyphers to ensure communication security for Indian
defense forces have an SAG stamp. The ISSA, on the other hand,
analyses competing weapons systems for induction into the armed
forces.
The case was reported to the local police on Monday by Wing
Commander Ratan Kumar Srivastava.
For the moment, Indian defense establishment has no answers on
the incident. "We don`t even know the extent of loss of strategic
data," said sources at India`s Ministry of Defense.
What`s worrying India`s Defense establishment is that the DRDO
has provided the encryption back-up for protecting strategic
communication in the context of nuclear arsenal.
A senior DRDO official said, "There is no sensitive information
on current projects on the hard discs stolen."
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