A country wide advisory has been sent to all field formations of the Army and paramilitary forces warning of a cyber attack through mobile phones. The advisory says, "As per reliable inputs, a number of android/IOS apps developed by Chinese developers or having Chinese links are reportedly either spyware or other malicious ware. The apps dubbed as Chinese spyware includes TrueCaller, Weibo, WeChat, UC News, UC Browser and Baidu Maps. ITBP had been repeatedly warned of an impending cyber attack by NTRO and the matter was even taken up at the level f the PMO. This time too, cyber security agencies have warned that ITBP is particularly vulnerable.

Source: India Today November 29, 2017 13:52 UTC