New York Times reported a story on Monday of Chinese hackers who pilfered sensitive security information from various classified documents from India. The extent of hacking was vast as it covered the security documents of defense, Indian security and diplomatic establishments. The report was titled ‘Shadows in the Cloud’ and has US and Canadians researchers who tracked this cyber espionage which seemed to operate out of China’s Sichuan province.

The data that was hacked across computers in India and Indian mission abroad also included sensitive data regarding the Maoist and Naxalite movement in the country, India’s ties with Russia and Middle East and information on Indian missile systems. The hackers also got hold of Dali Lama’s