According to a report by Akamai Technologies, an internet content delivery network, India is ranked eighth in the world in terms of origin of attacks.

There are underground forums where people post their hacking requirements and hackers bidding for it. The money will be transferred to a PayPal account via a service called Perfect Money. It is type of an e-currency which can be transferred between customers, whose identities can be hidden and it can be redeemed for cash, in Dollars or Euros.  One can access the hacker forums only through Tor Browser that allows access to the 'hidden web' where these black hat-hackers operate.

In June, there was a sophisticated and extensive cyber espionage attack that emanated from India which targeted Pakistan based government bodies among other anti-national forces. According to Norway based security firm Norman, the attacks that continued for four years have been named as "Operation Hangover." The report says that the primary goal of the group is to gather intelligence from a combination of national security targets and private sector companies.

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