MHA’s unveils ‘PRAHAAR’ Strategy to Combat Modern Terror Ecosystems

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The policy also stated that apart from terror sponsored from across the border, “criminal hackers and nation states continue to target India through cyber-attacks.” “For propaganda, communication, funding and guiding terror attacks, these terror groups use social media platiorms as well as instant messaging applications’. Technological advancements like encryption, dark web, crypto wallets etc. have allowed these groups to operate anonymously. Disrupting/Intercepting terrorist efforts to access and use CBRNED (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive, Digital) material remains a challenge for Counter Terrorism (CT) agencies. The threat of state and non-state actors misusing drones and robotics for lethal purposes remains another area of concern, even as criminal hackers and nation states continue to target India through cyber-attacks, the document stated.