Sunday 5 May 2013

Rajasthan Public Service Commission website hacked, Pak-based miscreants suspected

The official website of Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) was hacked, allegedly by hackers based in Pakistan. Police was intimated after it came to the notice of the RPSC authorities. Cyber experts were called to set things right. It was found that the main site of the Commission was hacked and in the news section there were two links of "Pakistan Zindabad." Even the official website of online application was hacked and it was not displayed rightly. The hackers had also written that it was high time Indian authorities admire the fact that Pakistan is the best.

Immediately after it was brought to the notice of the authorities the administration change the password of the website and also put both the main pages of the web on surveillance. "The only thing which can give us relief is that the main server on the data base is intact and the hackers could not hack it," said a senior officer with RPSC. The Commission has also reported the matter to information technology department of the Central government and is preparing to register a case under IT Act. Sources said that the Commission has three websites linked to each other on which there is an online application page, information and main data page. "We found that the online and information page was hacked on Saturday morning," said K K Pathak, secretary of RPSC.

The news section of the website had two links which showed a page created as "Pakistan Zindababd". "It is difficult to find out who hacked this portal. We have removed the disturbing links and changed the password. We also put the websites on surveillance and have reported to the IT ministry," added Pathak.

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