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AGRA: Intelligence Bureau (IB) suspects Lashkar-e-Taiba militants have access to a technology for transfer of texts and packages that is near impossible to tap, a secret document accessed by TOI shows.
The advanced Integrated Communication Hand-Held Radio Sets (ICOM HHRS) that these operatives are suspected to be equipped with is configured with an android operating system. A two-page alert in the matter was issued on December 3 by IB, to all state police and sister intelligence agencies. The device, IB suspects, allows LeT operatives to send text data packets on a particular frequency band.
The alert note says an improvised version of 'goTenna' (which enables one to share text and locations regardless of cell coverage or WiFi) is being used as a cognitive digital radio. (an antenna). This, combined with an app through an android device via Bluetooth, generates its own signal and automatically coordinates with other units within range.
The LeT men can be connected with this device even while off-grid and far apart. In simple terms, the LeT men can connect and convey messages without having SIM cards in the smart phone.
A senior intelligence official told TOI, "The improvised version of 'goTenna' (ICOM HHRS) also known as 'Y-SMS' has been detected in Kashmir valley, which is being used by LeT operatives."
In a recent raid to hunt down terrorists in Kashmir, a few damaged android phones were recovered. An analysis of the phones revealed that they were being operated without SIM cards; text messages were sent using the ICOM HHRS system The printed circuit boards of the phones were modified so that a simple touchscreen smart phone became a walkie-talkie of sorts - just pressing the screen helped send an encrypted text or voice message, the alert note said.
A senior police official said, "Lashkar operatives who entered India are %using this communication system which is not easy to tap or decipher."
IB fears LeT has 'impossible to tap' device - The Times of India
CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN WHAT KIND OF TECH THIS IS? HOW DID TERRORISTS GET THEIR HOLD OF SUCH TECH? Non state actors supported by a state other than Pakistan?
The advanced Integrated Communication Hand-Held Radio Sets (ICOM HHRS) that these operatives are suspected to be equipped with is configured with an android operating system. A two-page alert in the matter was issued on December 3 by IB, to all state police and sister intelligence agencies. The device, IB suspects, allows LeT operatives to send text data packets on a particular frequency band.
The alert note says an improvised version of 'goTenna' (which enables one to share text and locations regardless of cell coverage or WiFi) is being used as a cognitive digital radio. (an antenna). This, combined with an app through an android device via Bluetooth, generates its own signal and automatically coordinates with other units within range.
The LeT men can be connected with this device even while off-grid and far apart. In simple terms, the LeT men can connect and convey messages without having SIM cards in the smart phone.
A senior intelligence official told TOI, "The improvised version of 'goTenna' (ICOM HHRS) also known as 'Y-SMS' has been detected in Kashmir valley, which is being used by LeT operatives."
In a recent raid to hunt down terrorists in Kashmir, a few damaged android phones were recovered. An analysis of the phones revealed that they were being operated without SIM cards; text messages were sent using the ICOM HHRS system The printed circuit boards of the phones were modified so that a simple touchscreen smart phone became a walkie-talkie of sorts - just pressing the screen helped send an encrypted text or voice message, the alert note said.
A senior police official said, "Lashkar operatives who entered India are %using this communication system which is not easy to tap or decipher."
IB fears LeT has 'impossible to tap' device - The Times of India
CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN WHAT KIND OF TECH THIS IS? HOW DID TERRORISTS GET THEIR HOLD OF SUCH TECH? Non state actors supported by a state other than Pakistan?
