Tech: five Govt websites hacked
Five Government websites, together with one in all DRDO coping with achievement of scientists within the premier defence analysis organisation, were recently attacked by Algerian hackers and had to be blocked briefly as a preventative live. The websites are renovated by cyber security sleuths, a prime official same on weekday.
“Five sites were hacked on the night of October 29 by Algerian hackers. We have restored the websites. Vulnerabilities have been found and we are strengthening these websites,” Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT) Director General Gulshan Rai said.
The other sites that were hacked were Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC), Rehabilitation Council of India, Directorate of Estates and that of Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Information, Infrastructure and Innovations.
All these sites were managed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) There was no threat of loss of sensitive information relating to the Defence Research and Development Organisation since the website did not contain this matter, DRDO said.
DRDO’s Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC) has a website rac.Gov.In hosted by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for disseminating career-related information in the organisation.
“On 30 October 2012, suspicious activity was noticed on the NIC server hosting the website. The NIC, as a precautionary measure, therefore temporarily blocked access to the server hosting the RAC website and restored it next day,” DRDO said in a release on Thursday. It said the website was fully functional and the main public website of DRDO has not been affected in any manner.
“Five sites were hacked on the night of October 29 by Algerian hackers. We have restored the websites. Vulnerabilities have been found and we are strengthening these websites,” Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT) Director General Gulshan Rai said.
The other sites that were hacked were Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC), Rehabilitation Council of India, Directorate of Estates and that of Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Information, Infrastructure and Innovations.
All these sites were managed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) There was no threat of loss of sensitive information relating to the Defence Research and Development Organisation since the website did not contain this matter, DRDO said.
DRDO’s Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC) has a website rac.Gov.In hosted by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for disseminating career-related information in the organisation.
“On 30 October 2012, suspicious activity was noticed on the NIC server hosting the website. The NIC, as a precautionary measure, therefore temporarily blocked access to the server hosting the RAC website and restored it next day,” DRDO said in a release on Thursday. It said the website was fully functional and the main public website of DRDO has not been affected in any manner.
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