NCERT warns against sharing sensitive military content amid rising tensions

Amid growing India-Pakistan tensions, India’s National Cyber Emergency Response Team (NCERT) has issued a stern advisory warning media personnel and content creators against posting sensitive national security information online.

The advisory highlights a surge in the circulation of videos, images, and commentary disclosing troop movements and military deployments. NCERT warned that such disclosures, whether intentional or accidental, could endanger national security and aid adversaries in planning hostile actions. It further cautioned that sharing mapping coordinates, terrain analysis, or logistical details could assist hostile actors in gathering open-source intelligence, refining targeting strategies, and planning ambushes. The agency also flagged the spread of deepfake content and false narratives, noting their potential to trigger civil unrest or public panic. Media professionals and social media users were urged to refrain from amplifying unverified military-related content and to report disinformation.

A separate NCERT alert issued a day earlier warned of possible state-sponsored cyberattacks targeting Pakistan’s critical infrastructure, media, and government entities.