India, one of the fastest growing technology economies in the world along with China, is taking a leaf out of the latter's book by getting together top IT workers and "ethical hackers" from across the country to form an elite "cyber army". The India Times suggests that software professionals are being rounded up and inducted into a small army for the sole purpose of intelligence gathering and defence against attack from both friendly and hostile nations. The 29th of July saw a board meeting chaired by national security advisor Shiv Shankar Menon and attended by the top dog in the Intelligence Bureau, officials of the telecom department, the IT ministry and security agencies. With worries over spying and sabotage from India's neighbours - in particular Pakistan and China - a new initiative was to be drawn up.

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