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A well-known Indian security news portal was targeted on May 21st morning by a DDOS attack. 2 hours before the attack the company tweeted "NSA planned to hijack Google App Store and plant malware on all Android Apps" and provided a news link. Whether the DDoS attack and this tweet are connected is an interesting speculation.

But the larger and more critical question is the vulnerability of digital assets. One would naturally assume that they had a robust defensive strategy in place. But, the DDoS attack which has brought down the portal suggests otherwise.

There has been series of hack and DDOS attacks on major corporate, Telecommunication and net banking portals.

“Today the digital assets of a knowledge or service based company has more value than its tangible physical assets. It’s imperative that they think beyond ready made security tools from the market and move towards employing security professionals who can provide customized security audit. “ says J.Prasanna of Cyber Security and Privacy Foundation.

"Even going to the police will be of not much help since these attacks are sophisticated and originate from different geographies. Very few have the forensics capability to make a credible case in a court." says SreeRam, the Police KravMaga instructor who is also part of a singapore based security company.

Both agree that … “with India's increasing clout in world trade and balance of power tilting gradually towards Asia, asymmetric warfare tactics like cyber terrorism will be relied more frequently to dent the credibility of the nation. As on date, India does not seem to have the aggressive posture as a deterrent.”

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