The government today said 199 government websites have been defaced by foreign hackers in the last six months.
"The website of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was defaced by a foreign hacker "Pakistan Cyber Army" on December 3, 2010. In addition to this, a total of 198 government websites were defaced by foreign hackers in the past six months," Minister of State for Communications and IT Gurudas Kamat said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
He added that several measures have been taken to detect and prevent cyber attacks .
This includes audit of all new government websites and applications and engaging National Informatics Centre (NIC) to improve safety posture etc.
Replying to another query, Kamat said a total of 420 cases were registered under the IT Act 2000 in 2009.
"The website of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was defaced by a foreign hacker "Pakistan Cyber Army" on December 3, 2010. In addition to this, a total of 198 government websites were defaced by foreign hackers in the past six months," Minister of State for Communications and IT Gurudas Kamat said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
He added that several measures have been taken to detect and prevent cyber attacks .
This includes audit of all new government websites and applications and engaging National Informatics Centre (NIC) to improve safety posture etc.
Replying to another query, Kamat said a total of 420 cases were registered under the IT Act 2000 in 2009.
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