Web site is another proof of our chronic habit of Kumbhakaran slumber.
Oblivious of the dirty doings of the ISI, this time it is the NIC, which has been taken for a ride. A week after that, it was business as usual, belying the expectation that Indians would sit up and take notice of chinks in their cyber security. The story appearing in the Newsweek of May 23 confirms a widely held view that the Clinton Administration is not averse to destabilizing legitimate governments through cyber attacks by intelligence agencies and to use hackers. The would-be target was Yugoslavia and its President, Slobodan Milosevic. No doubt, the intent has since changed, but the threats are assessed by capabilities and not inclinations, an aphorism that we have often been guilty of ignoring.