However, a senior official said, “Our probe has found that cyber attacks on government websites in India decreased after India-Pakistan reached an agreement on no fire from either side, but have not fully stopped. These attacks continue from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Morocco and Middle Eastern countries.”Giving details of the nature of the attacks, officials said attackers used malware campaigns, which included ‘Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks’ and ‘GPS spoofing’, as cases of defacement of Indian websites were also reported. But many such attacks were thwarted and critical infrastructure of the country was saved, they added.Malware campaignsDescribing the nature of these attacks, officials said the attackers used malware campaigns such as ‘Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks’ and ‘GPS spoofing.’
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