A total of 112 government websites in India were hacked from December to February, a federal minister said Wednesday, reflecting
India's continuing problem with online security.
Among the websites that were hacked was that of the state-owned telecommunications service provider, Bharat Sanchar Nigam.
A large number of government websites are attacked every quarter as site managers not do thorough regular audits of their systems as required of them, said a source close to the situation who asked not to be named. "This reflects a slipshod approach to security, rather than great expertise of the hackers," said another source.
In addition to federal government websites, such as that of the country's Planning Commission, a large number of state government websites were also hacked during the period, Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Sachin Pilot, told Parliament, according to India's Press Information Bureau. Pilot did not provide data for hacks of government sites in earlier quarters.
India has border disputes with China and Pakistan, which have spilled online in the form of cross-border hacks. The website of the country's high-profile Central Bureau of Investigation was hacked in late 2010 by a group calling itself the "Pakistani Cyber Army."
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