NEW DELHI COMPUTERS CONTAINING SECRET MILITARY CODES STOLEN Secret military codes stolen from DRDO - The Times of IndiaSecret military codes stolen from DRDO
LALIT KUMAR AND RAJAT PANDIT

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, JUNE 03, 2004 11:05:39 PM ]


NEW DELHI: The Indian defence establishment's encrypted communication codes have been stolen. What's more, the theft happened nearly nine months ago but the codes haven't been changed yet.

So, foreign intelligence agencies could well be tapping into "secret" conversations over some "secure" communication networks for Indian defence and security officers.

Sources say the "theft" of 18 to 20 computers from Defence Research and Development Organisation's Scientific Analysis Group (SAG) and Institute for Systems Studies and Analyses (ISSA), located at Metcalfe House in north Delhi, on the night of October 4-5, 2003, was not just an "ordinary burglary".

The stolen computers, as a matter of fact, stored encryption codes, algorithms and other vital data on which, among other things, a large chunk of the "secure" telecommunication links of different government agencies run, said sources.

"The armed forces, for one, feel their encryption has been severely compromised by this incident...some of the systems are now being changed," they said.




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