Home Ministry website taken down after Chinese characters appear on Ministry of Defence site
By PTI | Published: 06th April 2018 06:40 PM |
Last Updated: 06th April 2018 06:42 PM | A+A A- |
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NEW DELHI: The website of the Home Ministry has been temporarily taken down as part of extra precautions in the wake of the hacking of the Defence Ministry site.
An official spokesperson said the National Informatics Centre, which hosts the MHA site, is upgrading the security system of the website leading to its temporary suspension.
"The requested service is temporarily unavailable. Sorry for Inconvenience. It would be available soon," is the message that comes when one opens the MHA website.
Website of Ministry of Home Affairs down. Earlier, Ministry of Defence website was hacked and Chinese characters appeared on the website home page. pic.twitter.com/ZWKZLaKLb2
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2018
The spokesperson said the move has been taken as part of extra precautions.
The MHA site was down soon after the news came that the Defence Ministry's website was hacked.
The Defence Ministry's website was defaced by suspected Chinese hackers and efforts are on to restore it, officials said.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the website will be restored shortly.
"Action is initiated after the hacking of MoD website (http://mod.nic.in). The website shall be restored shortly. Needless to say, every possible step required to prevent any such eventuality in the future will be taken," she tweeted.
