Pahalgam: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is vigorously investigating the Pahalgam attack perpetrators and conducting a thorough combing across Kashmir to trace out the terrorists.
NIA has, however, found out the usage of several Chinese mobile apps banned in India, as well as a Chinese satellite phone by the terrorists to communicate between themselves.
Many of these Chinese mobile apps used by the terrorists were banned in India following the Chinese aggression in Galwan in 2020.
The encryption used in these apps is very strong and therefore makes it difficult to hack. This is precisely why the terrorists were using these apps for intercommunication.
In fact, all these apps have end-to-end encryption, making communication restricted only between the sender and receiver of voice messages.
Additionally, these apps used quantum-resistant algorithms. This also makes them highly secure and hacking-proof even from quantum computers.
All these apps are using steganography technology. Users can hide important messages, such as photos or videos, using this technology and making it difficult for investigators.
These apps are extremely high-speed and can exchange messages within milliseconds. In addition, the apps regularly change their radio frequency too. That poses a challenge for investigators to eavesdrop.
The NIA has also traced the location of a Chinese satellite phone in Pahalgam on April 22. Since satellite phones do not use any surface network, one can easily bypass local surveillance while communicating.
These satellite phones are also reliable in the hilly, remote terrains and that worked as an advantage for the terrorists in Baisaran on that fateful day.
Terrorist organisations have been leveraging technology to evade investigators worldwide. ISIS used Telegram for communication, while Al Qaeda used steganography in pornographic sites, though this was discovered later by the FBI.
