Ulrik McKnight throws some light on the presence of a cyber battlefront that India seems to be underestimating (at the very least) or ignoring. In particular, he draws attention to continued security breaches being made by China into sensitive Indian installations.
China has repeatedly been found to use its expertise as a cyber-power to access highly confidential information relating to the national security of other nations, including India. India should take note, not only because of its historically contentious relationship with China, but also because of China’s undeniably close ties with Pakistan, a country that continues to sponsor terror across India. Just as armies fight on land, and navies at sea, national cyber-forces now fight in the online world. Cyber warfare is the new battlefront. But it is a battle that India, like many countries, is ill-equipped to wage. This has left the country under-defended against sustained, damaging state-level attacks.