First, Chinese hackers eyed government computers this month, then there was the goof-up by a ministry, which carried a photograph of a former Pakistan Air Force chief in a government advertisement. Twice bitten, the government is now strictly scrutinizing even e-mail.
Proof of this was seen in President Pratibha Patil’s address to the nation on the eve of the 61st Republic Day. Officials at Rashtrapati Bhavan agreed to provide an advance copy of her speech to the media corps if they agreed to come to Rashtrapati Bhavan with a pen drive.
“Sorry, there is no way we are going to e-mail it, especially after the red flag was shown in the two incidents,” remarked an official. And to ensure that there was yet another level of precaution, even the speech on Microsoft doc was password protected!
