Cyberlove vs. Cyberwar
More proof that "cyberwarfare" is getting democratized and widely practiced: estranged couples in India wage it regularly. The Times of India has more: Estranged couples engage in ugly cyber war AHMEDABAD: When Shilpa Patel, a corporate executive, started getting calls from across the globe with unknown men making lewd suggestions, she suspected her estranged NRI ...
More proof that "cyberwarfare" is getting democratized and widely practiced: estranged couples in India wage it regularly. The Times of India has more:
More proof that "cyberwarfare" is getting democratized and widely practiced: estranged couples in India wage it regularly. The Times of India has more:
Estranged couples engage in ugly cyber war
AHMEDABAD: When Shilpa Patel, a corporate executive, started getting calls from across the globe with unknown men making lewd suggestions, she suspected her estranged NRI husband to be behind it. She soon found out he had changed her profile on a social networking site, giving her mobile number and listing out all the "services" she could offer. Shilpa has filed a complaint with the cyber crime cell here.
Ex-flames and spurned lovers have increasingly started abusing social networking sites to harass former lovers or wives. Police say they get four to five such complaints every month. "Most complain about glaring changes in their profiles without their knowledge," said a police officer.
"In Shilpa’s case, trouble started when she demanded that her husband stay out of her life. He knew her password, changed contents of her profile and branded a prostitute," said a cyber crime cell official. "We have removed her profile, but we can’t arrest the culprit as he is not in the country."…
If this is the kind of cyberwar that the future cyberczars are supposed to fight, well, something IS really wrong with our terminology!
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