National child adoption body website hacked into by Pak users

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 24 2017 | 10:28 PM IST
The website of the national child adoption body was today hacked into allegedly by users from Pakistan who posted messages like "Pakistan Zindabad".
The website (http://www.Cara.Nic.In/) of the Child Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)- a body under the Women and Child Development Ministry- remained defaced for some time.
"Website hacked by SH11. Pakistan Zindabad," the message by the hackers read.
There was also an animation posted on the website.
CARA CEO Lt Col Deepak Kumar (Retd) said, "The IP address shows that the hacker was from Pakistan."
The incident was noticed at around 1:45 PM today.

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"Although there wasn't any disruption in the services being provided, the website was immediately blocked by the National Informatics Centre after an attempted hack was noticed," according to a statement issued by WCD.
"No sensitive data has been compromised and the services have been restored," added the statement.
The original page of the website will be hosted back after a security audit has been carried out, according to the top official.
No police complaint has been filed about the incident.

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First Published: Mar 24 2017 | 10:28 PM IST

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