It is a pity that Bitcoin is pulled into this conflict. They used other methods before, and there are more anonymous crypto currencies out

there, that they could have used. It looks like digital warfare are going to be the thing of the future. {even though it's happening now}

Bitcoin is pseudo anonymous and not ideally suited for total anonymity. I think Dash would have been a better option.  .. I hope they

can resolve their issues in the future. 

So do you think government can't take back those money if those 120 bitcoin was donated to charity?

Government tech security is a joke btw.

well actually bitcoin got nothing to do with the hacking, but why in this case it seems like bitcoin is the criminal coin, whenever a hacker hacked some computer they will used bitcoin as the transaction, it is not good for bitcoin reputation
when the people asked for fiat they wont accused it the criminal currency, but when they asked for bitcoin, bitcoin is the criminal currency

so pakistani group defaced some websites if india's .. and then india supposed attacked back with simple ransomware.. hmm sounds like propaganda

here is why:
1. "indian hacker group". lol they didn't hack, instead they just used some readily available tool - cryptolocker. so i think its more script kiddies than hackers.
2. unless you know the faces of the script kiddies you cannot be sure if its indians, pakistani's, bill gates, cia, or even trump behind it claiming to be someone else.

for all we know it could be Pakistani's own government employees that got a trojan unintentionally or intentionally while at work(checking porn while on the job most probably). but due to some racial bias told their boss "i think the Indians done it" rather then telling the truth resulting in them losing their own job.

for all we know it could be an american 3 letter agency intentionally putting it on pakistani systems. but due to some future invasion tactic told the pakistani government "i think the indians done it" to then solidify a future reason for the yanks to invade another middle-eastern country under the ruse of defence.

this news is not really about bitcoin specifically but about drama of scriptkiddies putting publicly available tools onto systems that are obviously lacking good malware protection. which could result in another invasion of the middle east by the west all without real credible proof of the physical faces behind it all

How the hell did Bitcoin even get dragged into this ? All I see is their systems and sites were hacked, but why does the news article even have to mention that they offered to pay in Bitcoins when there doesn't even seem to be a demnad in bitcoins by the hackers ?

I think you're mixing different concepts here: The mode of war (e.g. "hot war" vs. "cold war") versus the method of war (e.g. dropping bombs, hacking networks).

While a "hot war" always involves the use of physical destructive weapons, it generally also includes methods of the "cold war" (surveillance, infiltration, propaganda) which are not immediately physical destructive.

The hacking of IT systems of an opponent has been a method of war since years. The involvement of Bitcoin is just a special case of a general trend. So both in a hot and in a cold war, Bitcoin resources will clearly be a target for the opponents of war. However I think that the general exposure of Bitcoin resources to hostile infiltration attempts is relatively low and may only be applicable for very specialized cases, because the currency uses a decentralized network.

ya.ya.yo!

I am not sure what you mean about a Bitcoin war but I do not think that there is ever going to break out a war because of the Bitcoin that would be silly.
There are much worse things happening in the world and Bitcoin is not one of them.

yup it sure is everyone is free to use it but that is actully making governments powerless and banks use(less) and hence it is disturbing the money balance in economical country . some people also think by this way others are sending their money outsite their country but it is exactly how everything should work we are like wholesellers they also export products from outside their country

I was wondering why they should use bitcoin for this purpose, why wouldn't them just use the usual means they to attack each other instead of this. Doing this may affect the value of the bitcoin and may lead to innocent people loosing their hard earned money invested or stored in Bitcoin.

i kinda agree with you, but you know bitcoin is money right? and money is one of the main weapons/reasons for war.