http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Defence-officer-discloses-sensitive-info-to-fake-caller/articleshow/5063466.cms By Rajat Pandit The Times of India 28 September 2009 NEW DELHI: Believe it or not, a person apparently managed to extract some ``sensitive information'' from a senior military officer over the telephone by posing as a joint secretary in the defence ministry. Thrown into a tizzy by this recent audacious espionage bid, a diktat has now been issued in the defence ministry as well as the Army, Navy and IAF HQs, which forbids all officers from discussing ``top-secret, secret or confidential'' matters on phone. "All communications are vulnerable to interception. Security of information is, therefore, of paramount importance in the Defence HQ security zone,'' says the ominous security alert, issued by South Block's chief security officer on September 16. The alert specifies that the person who made the telephone call was ``an official from a foreign embassy'' but does not name the country. Sources, however, said Pakistan was the primary suspect. The entire episode began with the embassy official calling up the landline of a senior IAF officer at Air HQ here. Identifying himself as the joint secretary (air) in MoD with effortless elan, he sought some specific classified information. [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.orgReceived on Wed Sep 30 2009 - 01:21:41 PDT
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