Spyware Becomes A Political Problem

Spyware Becomes A Political Problem

Still think that spyware is just a nuisance? The Indian Express reports that a major spyware infection has hit the Indian External Affairs Ministry. The Ministry handles sensitive diplomatic relations with other countries, including India’s troubled relationship with Pakistan.

The External Affairs Ministry reports that many of its 600 computers, especially those in the Ministry’s Pakistan section, senior Secretaries and Joint Secretaries were infected with spyware that sent a duplicate copy of all email generated on an infected computer to a separate email address. The spyware problem was first discovered in the Minister of State’s office, on a computer normally used by the Minister’s personal staff.

Subsequent checks of other computers found that the problem was widespread. The spyware has been removed from the computer and Ministry employees are now cautioned to encrypt email messages, avoid the use of personal email accounts on office computers and to avoid visiting blogs and social networking sites.

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This use of spyware represents a serious security breach not only as far as the Ministry offices are concerned, but could also be a breach of national security. The impact of the infection could be to inflame the already-tense relations between India and Pakistan. The threat of spyware is real, and it isn’t going away anytime soon.

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