Alibaba cloud data centers. (Image: Getty Images)
Top intelligence officials told News18 that Alibaba’s servers are trapping Indian organizations by promoting giveaways and are heavily engaged in data theft afterwards.
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At least 72 servers based in India are allegedly sending Indian user data to China, and at the center of this is the cloud data servers of the Chinese technology group Alibaba, leading intelligence sources told News18 today. According to officials, Alibaba’s cloud data servers are very popular with businesses because they offer services at a much cheaper price than European servers. However, they are apparently responsible for “data theft” from India and have allegedly been found to be sending data to their home country of China.
According to agency sources, nearly 72 data servers operated by Alibaba in India have been identified as sending data from Indian users to China. This is supposedly a systematic plan that has been organized by the Chinese authorities and works by flaunting the value proposition for businesses. Intelligence sources further said that these data servers apparently offer free trial usage periods to organizations in an attempt to catch them. Once in the system, data servers ensure that all forms of sensitive and ancillary data are transmitted to remote servers located in China.
In this note, intelligence officials said a “massive investigation” into China’s intentional cyber espionage is expected to begin soon. On Monday, September 15, an Indian Express investigation brought to light China’s cyber tactics as part of its hybrid war against India. In this regard, intelligence agency sources have said that India’s ban on more than 200 apps linked to China is a justified act.
Private surveillance agencies with ties to the Chinese government are apparently dedicated to monitoring and analyzing India and its narratives and, in turn, trying to gain the upper hand through passive cyberwarfare tactics in light of the heightened geopolitical tensions between the two. nations right now. . With an investigation expected soon on the matter, it remains to be seen whether structural changes are imposed on data handling in India to negate the harmlessly packaged cyber threat posed by China at the moment.
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