The use of cyber technologies by governments to spy, disrupt, and control is increasing in recent years.In contrast to typical ransomware attacks, state-sponsored cyber attacks have the potential to achieve both criminal and sovereign or subnational political and military purpose like obtaining sensitive political information, trade secrets from corporations, or unauthorised classified government data.
State sponsored cyber attacks include attempting to impair target’s economic and defense capabilities by attacking vital services including communication networks, financial institutions, and power grids and obviously influencing elections, public opinion, and social unrest by manipulating online platforms.
An essential component of any state-sponsored cyberattack is launching attacks to assess the adversary’s capability to identify and neutralize cyber threats, making vulnerabilities visible for possible future exploitation.
According to a study,India is becoming the most frequently targeted country in South Asia for cyber attacks, especially from state-sponsored groups in neighboring countries.Various groups, such as China-sponsored cyber groups and Pakistan-based cyber groups, use data breaches to expose private company or government information, web defacement to propagate propaganda, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt websites.
