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INDIA
Intel Environment
Military Alliance | |
Interior Intelligence Services | Intelligence Bureau, Joint Intelligence Committee, National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) |
Exterior Intelligence Services | Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Aviation Research Centre |
Military Intelligence Services | Directorate of Military Intelligence, Defense Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Naval Intelligence, Directorate of Air Intelligence, Image Processing and Analysis Centre, Directorate of Signals Intelligence, Joint Cipher Bureau |
SIGINT/COMINT Alliances |
Telco/Carrier/ISP Environment
Type | Name | Ownership | Main Office | URL | Notes |
Transnational Cables and Connections
Type | Name | Ownership | Connecting Point A | Connection Points B | URL/Notes |
3,84 Tbs | EIG | Tripoli (LY) / Abu Talat (EG) / Al Fujaurah (AE) / Barka (OM) / Djibouti (DJ) / Gibraltar (GI) / Jeddah (SA) / London (GB) / Marseille (FR) / Monaco (MC) / Mumbai (IN) / Sesimbra (PT) / Widemouth Bay (GB) / Zaferana (EG) | Operator WP | ||
480 Gbits/s | SEA-ME-WE-3 | Norden (DE) / Oostende (BE) / Goonhilly (GB) / Penmarch (FR) / Sesimbra (PT) / Tetuan (MA) / Mazara del Vallo (IT) / Chania (GR) / Marmaris (TR) / Yeroskipou (CY) / Alexandria (EG) / Suez (EG) / Jeddah (SA) / Djibouti (DJ) / Muscat (OM) / Fujairah (AE) / Karachi (PK) / Mumbai (IN) / Cochin (IN) / Mount Lavinia (LK) / Pyapon (MM) / Satun (TH) / Penang, (MY) (Where it meets the SAFE and the FLAG cables.) / Medan (IN) / Tuas (SG) / Jakarta (IN) / Perth (AU) / Mersing (MY) / Tungku (BN) / Da Nang (VN) / Batangas (PH) / Taipa (MO) / Deep Water Bay (HK) / Shantou (CN) / Fangshan (TW) / Toucheng (TW) / Shanghai (CN) / Keoje (KR) / Okinawa, (JP) | WP |
SIGINT/COMINT Stations and Operators
Name | Location | Operator | Capabilities |
Charbatia | Foreign-operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM |
Privacy Related Legislation
LI Legislation
SIGINT/COMINT Legal Grounds
Vendor Appearance
- Vendors with Place of Registration in India: CLEARTRAIL, SHOGI
- 2013: GAMMA / FINFISHER see Citizenlab Report 20130430
- 2013: HACKINGTEAM see securelist.com Report 20130425
Articles / Events / Situations
2021
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
20210719 | theguardian.com | Key Modi rival Rahul Gandhi among potential Indian targets of NSO client | NSO / IN |
2018
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
20180328 | qz.com | Mapped: The breathtaking global reach of Cambridge Analytica’s parent company | CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA / US / GB / AR / CO / GY / UY / TT / GD / VC / LC / KN / AG / CY / NG / GA / KY / ZM / ZA / LV / LT / UA / RO / IT / MD / AL / IN / PK / NP / TH / ID / PH / MU |
20180301 | theintercept.com | The Powerful Global Spy Alliance You Never Knew Existed | NSA / FIFE EYES / US / GB / AU / NZ / CA / BE / DK / FR / DE / IT / NL / NO / ES / SE / KR / SG / TH / IN |
2017
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
20170113 | firstpost.com | Privacy protection: India seems to be going the NSA-PRISM way, when it comes to surveillance | IN |
2015
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
20150921 | dailydot.com | Indian government proposes an encryption plan that would mandate backdoors | IN |
20150712 | thehindu.com | Andhra Pradesh, TS spar over Wikileaks expose | HACKINGTEAM / IN |
20150710 | wikileaks.org | HACKINGTEAM: /etc/LISTA.txt | HACKINGTEAM / US / NL / BY / MY / TR / SA / KW / IN / ID / AE / GR / SG / CZ / IT / DE / FR / NO / RS / CY / LT / ZA / HU / PL / DK / NZ / ZW / SI / KR / VA / CH / ES / CA / MT / UY / VN / BG / KZ / MO / HR / GT / QA / AT / SB / JP / RO / NA / FI / SE / RU / BN / LB / GH |
20150421 | propublica.org | The Hidden Intelligence Breakdowns Behind the Mumbai Attacks | IN / GCHQ |
2014
2013
2012
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
07.04.2012 | thestar.com | RIM gives India access to BlackBerry messages | IN BLACKBERRY |
07.04.2012 | indiatoday.intoday.in | No secrets on BlackBerry: Govt gets its way on tapping popular messenger service | IN BLACKBERRY |
07.01.2012 | cryptome.org | Tactical Network for Cellular Surveillance (TANCS) | IN APPLE NOKIA BLACKBERRY |
07.01.2012 | terminalx.org | BlackBerry, Nokia and Apple have provided the Indian Military with backdoor access to cellular surveillance | IN APPLE NOKIA BLACKBERRY |
06.01.2012 | imgur.com | Subject: Technical Network for Cellular Surveillance (TANCS) PRC Taskforce Update | IN APPLE NOKIA BLACKBERRY |
2011
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
11.11.2011 | times of india | Delhi Police to get their own internet monitoring system | IN |
28.10.2011 | Wall Street Journal | RIM Facility Helps India in Surveillance Efforts | IN BLACKBERRY |
23.09.2011 | ARS Technica | India seeks to disable satellite phones at the border to fight terrorism | IN |
23.09.2011 | Spiegel | Netzwelt-Ticker: Indien will Satellitentelefonen Grenzen setzen | THURAYA IN |
19.09.2011 | ITU | Contribution from the Republic of India - Mechanisms to prevent the use of unauthorized Satellite Communication services | IN |
19.08.2011 | the sentinel | Government to BlackBerry: Give real-time intercepts and not deferred | IN |
12.05.2011 | indiatimes.com | Soon agencies to intercept email, chats in real time | IN |
2010
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
15.12.2010 | outlookindia.com | Opinion: Nixon's India - In the glee over the embarrassment caused to the government and certain others by the unexplained leakage of the telephone intercepts, the importance of ensuring that everything was done in accordance with the law has been overlooked. | IN |
27.10.2010 | telecomseurope.net | Indian cellcos ready for BlackBerry intercepts | IN BLACKBERRY |
12.10.2010 | Spiegel | Drohende Abschaltung: Indien verlängert Frist im Blackberry-Streit | IN BLACKBERRY |
03.05.2010 | outlookindia.com | Phone tapping: A Fox On A Fishing Expedition / India intercepts undersea cables | IN NTRO |
03.05.2010 | outlookindia.com | Phone-tapping exclusive: We, The Eavesdropped - The government has been tapping the cellphone conversations of these prominent political leaders | IN |
03.05.2010 | outlookindia.com | Phone-tapping: Who’ll Monitor The Monitor? - A CAG audit, inquiry by a high-powered committee spell disaster for NTRO | IN |
2009
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
27.11.2009 | www.goodgearguide.com.au | India to set up automatic monitoring of communications | IN |
05.01.2009 | the hindu | This is a scanned copy of the 69-page dossier of material stemming from the ongoing investigation into the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 26-29, 2008 that was handed over by India to Pakistan on January 5, 2009. | PK IN |
2008
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
03.04.2008 | Heise | Indien will Blackberry-Mails abfangen | IN BLACKBERRY |
04.02.2008 | nytimes.com | Ruptures call safety of Internet cables into question | IN / EG / FEA / FALCON |
2004
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
29.03.2004 | scmagazine.com.au | Satellite SMS by-passes eavesdropping technology | IN |
Unconfirmed Rumors
- Skype is said to operate an Lawful-Interception Office in India to handle the requirements by the Indian Authorities with over 50 employes (as of End 2010)