Advocate (Dr.) Prashant Mali's Blog

How to Pay Ransom during a Ransomeware cyber attack in India ? The demand for ransom is illegal under the IPC, but not the payment . If business exigencies require, ransom may have to be paid under duress. even Section 37 of the income tax Act in India will not come in the way of the claim for deduction of ransom money.  Commissioner of Income Tax Vs M/s Khemchand Motilal Jain (Madhya Pradesh High Court (2011)) There are also companies that swoop in at the last minute to handle the logistics. companies like CyberSecOp,  DigitalMint, are a full-service, final-mile crypto broker. They are at the end of the process They hired specialists, after the forensic consultants, the company, and stakeholders have all made the determination victims have exhausted all their options and that paying the ransom from an economics perspective is the best way to move forward. That’s when they come to companies like  CyberSecOp,  digitalmint in order to help them acquire crypto at any time of day or night

What is SIPRnet? SIPRNet, or  Secret Internet Protocol Router Network , is a global United States military network system used for transmitting classified information, intelligence, targets, and messages at the secret level. SIPRnet support the various system such as the Global command systems and defense messaging system and also some other important planning documents over the secure path. it is based on the some method that are use for ordinary internet access but the main difference is that it has some dedicated path lines that are not seen in other communication systems. These lines are responsible for managing the secure communication with highly authenticated user access.  In other words, SIPRNet is completely parallel Internet, uses the same communications procedures and has been kept separate from the ordinary civilian Internet. Approximately 3 Million people with secret clearances have access to SIPRNet, which includes Pentagon and military officials, Intelligence age