Reports suggest that students from Army Public Schools throughout India have been the targets of contact attempts via calls and WhatsApp messages from alleged Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIOs).
Indian Army sources indicate that these students are being solicited to join particular social media groups and asked to disclose sensitive information via these communications, indicative of a new spying endeavor by Pakistani intelligence.
Reports further state that these alleged operatives disguise themselves as school teachers, inviting students to join ‘new class groups’ and providing them with one-time passwords (OTPs).
In an effort to establish credibility, the operatives potentially leverage known references familiar to the students to convince them that their legitimate teachers are making contact.
Revelations suggest that these calls and WhatsApp messages are coming from specific mobile numbers (8617321715 and 9622262167), purportedly associated with the Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIOs). Consequently, principals of Army Public Schools have issued a warning advisory to both students and staff regarding these communication attempts.
The advisory cautions that upon joining these groups, students might be solicited to disclose confidential information. This could include details about their father’s occupation, their school schedule, the names of their teachers, and specifics about their uniforms.
The PIOs may employ various numbers and strategies to engage with the students, hence the advisory recommends that parents remain alert to any unusual or suspect calls.
