Court of Inquiry ordered
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 25: The Indian Army has ordered a probe into an alleged case of a data breach in the Northern Command after a soldier was found to be passing data to Pakistani operatives.
The data breach took place when the soldier hailing from Amritsar district of Punjab and posted under the Northern Command was caught by officials dealing with the alleged issue, sources said.
After the incident came to light, a Court of Inquiry has been ordered to probe how the soldier could get access to the data and the extent to which it was leaked to the operatives of Pakistani agencies.
The data breach took place when the Indian side was deeply engaged in a military stand-off with the Chinese military.
According to the sources, the probe would also find out how deeply the soldier was engaged with the enemy operatives and how much was he compromised by them.”
The Udhampur-based Northern Command is in charge of security on both China and Pakistan borders in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh sectors.
Sources declined to name the Army soldier caught for data breach but said he hailed from Amritsar district of Punjab.
They said he has been caught and his mobile telephones are being checked to ascertain how much data he has leaked to Pakistani agents and other persons. The Court of Inquiry will also find out whether some other persons were involved with him or he has himself got and leaked the data.
The source from where he got the data is also being traced, sources said and described the issues as “serious”.
“All such issues are dealt with seriously, ” they added.
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