As social life is getting more and more personal to everyone of us, it is getting more and more vulnerable to being hacked. There’s nothing personal in the cyber worlds these days. Everyone and anyone can be hacked, taking a clue from this the Indian Army issued a notice to its personals asking not to post any sensitive information on the web or social networking sites.
“The circular has been issued recently in a bid to create cyber awareness among the net users in the army. It has been sent to all the units of the army across the country,” a senior army official confirmed to IANS, requesting anonymity.
The army estimates 35,000 of its 1.1 million soldiers are active on internet. Soldiers who voilate this order will also be violating “good order and discipline” rules under the Army Act, and can face serious mprisoned for a term up to seven years.
The army will also be issuing instructions of do’s and dont’s on internet.
The circular has sparked a debate within the ranks of the army with some security tips.
“If an engineer, doctor and lawyer can write what his profession is why can’t an armed forces personnel do so. However, one should not give other details like area of posting and nature of work,” a young officer said, on condition of anonymity.
However, another senior officer pointed out: “These officers, who reveal their profession forget one thing that anyone can get close to them online and extract sensitive information.”