New Delhi, Aug 10: A serving Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force has been arrested and chargesheeted for allegedly leaking sensitive defence-related information after being “honey-trapped” through social media by Pakistani intelligence operatives.
He is also accused of installing data-stealing software on a colleague’s mobile phone in an alleged attempt to gain control of the device.
The software acted as covert remote-access malware, capable of tracking real-time locations, intercepting communication logs and extracting stored data from the secondary device.
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