More than 1000 Indian government websites hacked in the past three years

 H4x0r HuSsY, famous for hacking Indian govt sites hit again. This time The official website of Public Works Department, Punjab with 10 other Indian Govt sites hacked by H4x0r HuSsY.
Anatomy of the attack on the Indian server is unknown. The hacked sites belongs to different name servers.

Two weeks before, Indian BioResource Information Network was hacked by the same hacker. h4x0r HuSsY also hacked Indian Goa Government Server last month.

rm -rf /planet/world/earth/india  echo “The world is a better place now!”, The hacker wrote on the deface page.

Hacked Sites:

• pwdpunjab.gov.in/1337.html
• pscst.gov.in/1337.html
• http://jnvcalicut.gov.in/1337.html
• pbforestdevcorp.gov.in/1337.html
• prbdb.gov.in/1337.html
• mcludhiana.gov.in/1337.html
• esuwidha.mcludhiana.gov.in/upload
• www.jnvmahe.gov.in/123
• http://arogyasri.bbmp.gov.in/1337.html
• www.tnschools.gov.in/RMSA

Mirrors of hacked sites:

• http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/20896977
• http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/20888936
• http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/20888938
• http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/20888937
• http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/20888935
• http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/20885932
• http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/20885850
• http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/20885463
• http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/20880949

At the time of publishing, most of the are still defaced and showing the message left by the hackers.

Fear of NSA PRISM : Indian Government may ban US email services for official communication

The Indian Government is planning to ban the use of US based email services like Gmail for official communications to increase the security of confidential government information.

The recent disconcerting reports that that India was being spied upon by American intelligence agencies has opened an all new chapter in the cyber security space. As leaked by former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, that NSA involved in widespread spying and surveillance activities across the globe.

The Government plans to send a formal notification to about 500,000 employees across the country, asking them to stick to the official email service provided by India's National Informatics Centre, Time of India Reported.

The fact that several government officers in top positions use their Gmail IDs for official communications i.e. Several senior government officials in India, including ministers of state for communications & IT Milind Deora and Kruparani Killi, have their Gmail IDs listed in government portals as their office email.

Last week, India's IT minister Kapil Sibal revealed that the new policy will enforce rules such as use of static IP addresses, virtual private networks and one-time passwords for accessing Indian government email services on all Indian officials who are stationed abroad.

“All Indian missions will use NIC servers which are directly linked to a server in India and that will keep government information safe.” Sibal said.

Bharatiya Janta Party website defaced by Anonymous

Anonymous Hacked Bhartiya Janta Party's website a month ago.

They post a set of messages with pictures, reflecting the group’s condemnation of recent events including the government’s approval of 51% FDI in multi-brand retail, diesel price hike, corruption, the cartoon controversy, and the Kudankulam Power Project, among others.

The group also posted a YouTube video with a message from anonymous :

Last month, Anonymous Operation India (AnonOps India), had defaced the online magazine of the Indian Youth Congress Yuvadesh.com, in support of India Against Corruption and protests against alleged internet censorship by the Indian government.