- Pakistan now targeting students in India, including those of Army Public Schools
- Students are getting calls and WhatsApp messages from Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIOs), luring them to join particular social media groups and share sensitive information.
- Some individuals pose as school teachers and target students by asking them to join “new class groups” and sending them one-time passwords.
- In the call from Pakistan, the students are allegedly being asked to join ISI.
- Army officials have also been working closely with school authorities to promote awareness and take cautious measures to protect children.
Pakistan can play dirty. They are now targeting students in India. Many pupils, including those of Army Public Schools across India, are getting calls and WhatsApp messages from Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIOs), luring them to join particular social media groups and share sensitive information.
Some individuals pose as school teachers and target students by asking them to join “new class groups” and sending them one-time passwords. Once the students join the groups, they are asked to share sensitive information, army sources told a news agency. These suspected PIOs are calling and sending messages by initially giving reference to something known to the students to convince them that it is their teachers who are contacting them.
Callers seek to obtain sensitive information about the families of the children, their teachers, and their daily routines. In response, schools and colleges have since been requested to suspend existing school groups on WhatsApp in case they have been compromised. Army officials have also been working closely with school authorities to promote awareness and take cautious measures to protect children.
In the call from Pakistan, the students are allegedly being asked to join ISI. And are also asked to share every minute detail about their school, teachers, and parents.
A similar case has also come to the fore in Army Public School of Jammu-Kashmir and Noida. This has created a stir in the whole country.
Students of several other schools are now receiving calls and WhatsApp messages asking them to join certain groups on social media and share sensitive information. Army sources said the students have been receiving calls and messages on WhatsApp from two mobile numbers from people working for Pakistani intelligence agencies. Sources said these people posing as school teachers ask students to join the “new class group” and send them a “one-time password” (OTP).
After receiving such calls and messages from the students of army schools, a message has been sent by the school management to the parents to be alert. According to sources, once students join their group, they are asked to share sensitive information. As per the advisory issued by the Principals of Army Public Schools, these people are asking the students for information like their father’s job, school routine, and timings, names of teachers, and uniforms. It has been said in the advisory that messages may come from other numbers as well and the working procedure may also be changed. In this, the parents of the students have been asked to be vigilant about suspicious calls.
(With inputs from agencies)
