- JAIPUR — Pakistani hackers targeted three Rajasthan government websites and
defaced them with anti-India messages.
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- The Pakistani cybercriminals targeted multiple government
websites in Rajasthan, with the latest being the Education Department's
official portal.
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- On Tuesday, Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar
took cognisance of the incident and activated the Department's Information
Technology wing.
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- The "compromised" website has since been
temporarily shut down while recovery operations are underway.
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- Cybersecurity agencies have also been notified, and an
investigation has been launched to identify the hacking group responsible and
assess the extent of any potential data breach.
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- As of now, no sensitive data leaks have been confirmed,
but a comprehensive audit of all departmental systems is ongoing as a
precautionary measure.
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- This incident follows a similar cyber attack on Monday,
where hackers breached the websites of the Department of Local Self Government
(DLB) and the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA), defacing them with
pro-Pakistan propaganda. Both those websites have since been restored.
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- In one of the posts, the hackers, claiming to be part of
the 'Pakistan Cyber Force', made inflammatory remarks about India, referring to
the recent terror incident in Pahalgam.
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