How India thwarted Pakistan’s bid to steal crucial defence data

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India's Andhra Pradesh Counter Intelligence Cell uncovered a digital honey-trap operation allegedly aimed at obtaining sensitive defence information for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. The suspected targets included Indian naval intelligence, and investigators identified Indian intermediaries involved in the scheme.

Officers of the Counter Intelligence Cell of Andhra Pradesh, intrigued by a slew of messaging patterns across various social media platforms, busted a major digital honey-trap racket, including the Indian conduits, whose motive was to leak sensitive defence details, specifically Naval intelligence, to the neighbouring country’s Inter-Services Intelligence, writes Sumit Bhattacharjee