The most disruptive attacks were reported in the UK, where hospitals and clinics were forced to turn away patients after losing access to computers.
Researchers with security software maker Avast said they had observed 57,000 infections in 99 countries, with Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan the top targets.
The doctrine says “initial steps” to develop the triad through the creation of the Defence Cyber Agency, Defence Space Agency and Special Operations Division are now underway.
Robert Chesney, a national security law expert from the University of Texas School of Law, said WikiLeaks could have put the material online to damage the reputation of US intelligence agencies.
DRDO’s tweet was deleted around three hours later. “It was just an operational issue and it is sorted now. There was no hacking,” a DRDO spokesperson said.
Cyber conflict will anyhow increase in the future as well as the complexity and penetration of malware.
