Two IAF🇮🇳 C-17A Globemaster III transport planes reached Japan🇯🇵 on 25 Jan 2023 to take back supplies and support crew at the conclusion of Ex VEER GUARDIAN 2023
Both took off from Hindon AFS🇮🇳 and landed in Hyakuri Air Base🇯🇵 🧵
1. SideWinder APT Group🇮🇳 posted screenshot of what appears to be NTDC's Grid Station Info System🇵🇰.
2. They claim modifying original data to initiate a 'frequency change', misleading human operators to feed wrong pulse hence nationwide power outage.
3. These claims and the screenshot were shared in one of the group's known Telegram channels.
4. The screenshot appears to be legitimate, however I am personally unable to verify the authenticity of claims.
5. If these claims are confirmed, it is the first known instance of cyber sabotage against critical infrastructure in South Asia, leading to real-world (physical) effects.
🧵 The lack of concensus among parliamentary parties in Pakistan to sit together and engage in informed debates on natsec issues is itself a major threat to internal security. This is clearly dereliction of duties.
If politicians being policymakers cannot review and define lines of action, they cannot hold others responsible for trying to fill the gap. The one and only obsession is to save party face, viciously defend own alliances and prepare for pre-electoral campaigning.
The much-touted 'democratic process' is a farce in Pakistan. As of today, no forum has been convened to evaluate efforts against terrorism and insurgency over the past decade. How can you identify loop-holes without putting heads together?
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This thread contains links to some of my open source investigation reports on the matter.
🧵 The idea of establishing a 'Homeland Security' dept in Pak (along US lines) is fundamentally flawed, esp in view of the bureaucratic systems of the Indian Subcontinent tinged with colonial rigidities.
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NACTA has been switched on and off again by multiple political leaderships out of expediency and most importantly, lack of thought. The interest simply wasn't there since the armed forces were presumed to have the exclusive CT mandate.
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Ironically, these same political groups amplify rhetoric about asserting civilian 'control'. LEAs are given meagre budgets, internal bureaucratic division of finance has questionable patterns and their leaderships remain at the mercy of likes/ dislikes by politicians.