{"id":5754,"date":"2026-07-27T20:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=5754"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:08:05","slug":"drdo-data-leak-verifying-authenticity-drdo-sources-on-kerala-firms-report-claiming-drdo-data-put-on-dark-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=5754","title":{"rendered":"Drdo Data Leak: \u2018Verifying authenticity&#8217;: DRDO sources on Kerala firm\u2019s report claiming DRDO data put on dark web"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"XYebw\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"IYpL4\">\n<section class=\"lIbak  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  mR3IZ \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"lIbak\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"dV65i\">\n<div class=\"gF0tM\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132670262,imgsize-273558,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/drdo-data-leak.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Verifying authenticity': DRDO sources on Kerala firm\u2019s report claiming DRDO data put on dark web\" title=\"Representative image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI\/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A threat actor recently offered allegedly stolen Defence Research and Development Organisation and military data for $8,000 on the dark web, according to a report by Alibi Global Threat Intelligence Group.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>According to the Alibi Global report, the alleged 31 GB of data has reportedly been advertised for sale for the past two weeks. The publicly available sample documents allegedly released as proof of data appear to contain restricted technical information purportedly related to approvals or signatures of senior scientists.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>When contacted, DRDO sources told TOI that they \u201care verifying the authenticity of this report\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The discovery was made by Alibi Global, a Thiruvananthapuram-based cyber forensics and defence solutions company that provides dark web monitoring and cyber intelligence services to government agencies and critical infrastructure organisations. The firm said it routinely scans underground forums, ransomware leak sites and dark web marketplaces to identify potential threats involving sensitive Indian data.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>\u201cAs part of our continuous dark web monitoring, we identified a set of documents \u2026 that appeared to be highly sensitive. Following our standard operating procedure, we immediately informed the Intelligence Bureau. The authenticity of the documents and the extent of any possible exposure will now have to be established by the concerned government agencies,\u201d VK Bhadran, technical director of Alibi Global, told TOI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Cybersecurity specialists have called for urgent forensic verification of these claims as they say the sample available in the public domain requires detailed technical and forensic scrutiny and also to find out if the data actually originated from DRDO or from some other defence organisation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Last year, in March, a hacking group called Babuk Locker 2.0, which was originally a Thai group and was later run by a different set of hackers, claimed responsibility for infiltrating DRDO\u2019s systems.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>However, defence and security authorities had then said a review of the released documents did not show any actual intrusion into the Indian security system.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>The files and documents seemed to have been hacked from an internet-linked computer belonging to an IAS officer.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/defence\/news\/verifying-authenticity-of-report-drdo-sources-on-kerala-firms-report-claiming-drdo-data-put-on-dark-web\/articleshow\/132670230.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI\/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A threat actor recently offered allegedly stolen Defence Research and Development Organisation and military data for $8,000 on the dark web, according to a report by Alibi Global Threat Intelligence Group.According to the Alibi Global report, the alleged 31 GB of data has reportedly been advertised for sale for the past two weeks. 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