Official Website of Ministry of Home Affairs down, after Ministry of Defence was hacked

By  Nimrat Kaur April 6th 2018 06:35 PM -- Updated: April 6th 2018 06:43 PM

After Ministry of Defence, Official Website of Ministry of Home Affairs down

The official Website of India's Ministry of Home Affairs drops on Friday evening, a few minutes after the official website of Ministry of Defence-mod.gov.in- was hacked.

Visitors to the Defence Ministry website are shown this message: “The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later”.

“The requested service is temporarily unavailable. Sorry for Inconvenience. It would be available soon,” on visiting the MHA website the message is continuously flashing.

“We are seized of the matter. The National Informatics Centre, which maintains the website, is trying to restore it,” said a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharam said the website will be restored shortly. “Action is initiated after the hacking of the website. 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 said."

More details are awaited.

-PTC News

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