Nirmala Sitharaman tweets about ministry website hacking, but cyber chief blames ‘hardware problems’
The websites of the ministries of defence, law and justice and home affairs were compromised.
The websites of the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Law and Justice, and Ministry of Home Affairs were purportedly hacked on Friday. Chinese characters appeared on the home page of the defence ministry’s website. All three websites currently appear to be down.
Special Secretary for Cyber Security Gulshan Rai told NDTV that the websites are offline because of a hardware problem, not because they were hacked.
The National Informatics Centre also said that websites were not hacked, and that there was some “technical issue” since 2.30 pm on Friday. The site displayed the default logo.
However, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the ministry’s website had been hacked, and that they had initiated action to restore it. “Needless to say, every possible step required to prevent any such eventuality in the future will be taken,” she said on Twitter.
https://t.co/ps7a5D5558 also down
— Karnika Kohli (@KarnikaKohli) April 6, 2018
h/t @someshjha7 pic.twitter.com/gcRYf8pnKL
Issue with the MoD website ( https://t.co/JJawys4yoB ) has been taken note of. Appropriate action has been initiated. @nsitharaman
— Raksha Mantri (@DefenceMinIndia) April 6, 2018
Action is initiated after the hacking of MoD website ( https://t.co/7aEc779N2b ). The website shall be restored shortly. Needless to say, every possible step required to prevent any such eventuality in the future will be taken. @DefenceMinIndia @PIB_India @PIBHindi
— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) April 6, 2018
Ministry of Defence website hacked, Chinese characters appearing on the website home page. pic.twitter.com/VBzWXLC8EM
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2018
#India #MoD official site hacked?https://t.co/7YihZxYBaR
— 卫纳夜格@Raj (@rajfortyseven) April 6, 2018
The traditional Chinese character Chán 禪 means Zen Buddhism originated in China during Tang dynasty.
The character generally used with xiu 禪修 means meditation.
Hope the site gets back online earliest. pic.twitter.com/7MGZkGqjdC
https://t.co/ywDwBbKtfy is NOT HACKED. There is some technical issue since 2:30PM today. Drupal theme https://t.co/pCcIvEaMXO framework. The site displayed the default logo. @drajaykumar_ias @nsitharaman @DefenceMinIndia @PIB_India @PIBHindi
— NIC (@NICMeity) April 6, 2018
