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Internet war on as Pak hackers deface 10 sites in a day: The Hindustan Times
Bangalore, May 30: Continuing their attacks on Indian websites, a Pakistani hacker group on Wednesday hacked as many as 10 Indian sites including two of the Punjab government`s department of information technology.
Bangalore, May 30: Continuing their attacks on Indian websites, a Pakistani hacker group on Wednesday hacked as many as 10 Indian sites including two of the Punjab government's department of information technology.
As a result, www.doitpunjab.gov.in and www.punjabsewa.gov.in have become inaccessible after they were defaced by the group which calls itself FBH and which has been most active this year. Calling Indians unprintable names, the hacker who calls himself Abunasar of FBH left a slogan 'Pakistan zindabad' on the two sites.
The Pakistanis stepped up their hacking to retaliate against the yaha virus unleashed against their government sites by the Indian Snakes group earlier this year.
So far this year, as many as 494 Indian sites have been hacked. Of these, 270 sites were attacked last month alone, against the 288 hacked during the whole of 2002.
But only a handful of the Indian sites hacked belong to the state or central governments. The Wednesday attack was the first major attack on official Indian sites in recent months.
Web sites related to IT are favourite targets for hackers in both the countries. The hacker’s purpose is to score a propaganda point that even these (IT sites) are unsafe and can be tinkered with.
It is not clear whether the government of Punjab is aware that two of its sites have been defaced.
As a result, www.doitpunjab.gov.in and www.punjabsewa.gov.in have become inaccessible after they were defaced by the group which calls itself FBH and which has been most active this year. Calling Indians unprintable names, the hacker who calls himself Abunasar of FBH left a slogan 'Pakistan zindabad' on the two sites.
The Pakistanis stepped up their hacking to retaliate against the yaha virus unleashed against their government sites by the Indian Snakes group earlier this year.
So far this year, as many as 494 Indian sites have been hacked. Of these, 270 sites were attacked last month alone, against the 288 hacked during the whole of 2002.
But only a handful of the Indian sites hacked belong to the state or central governments. The Wednesday attack was the first major attack on official Indian sites in recent months.
Web sites related to IT are favourite targets for hackers in both the countries. The hacker’s purpose is to score a propaganda point that even these (IT sites) are unsafe and can be tinkered with.
It is not clear whether the government of Punjab is aware that two of its sites have been defaced.