117 government websites hacked in last three years

In almost last three years, 117 government websites have been hacked by various groups, parliament was informed Wednesday

In almost last three years, 117 government websites have been hacked by various groups, parliament was informed Wednesday.


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"As per the information tracked and reported to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team a total of 90,119,252 and 117 government websites were hacked in the year 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 (till June) by various hacker groups," Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

He also said that the government has been discussing at international fora and bilateral meetings with other countries the issue of cyber crime.

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