Privacy News India: Goa- 17 State Government Departments Hacked

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17 Goa Government Websites Hacked:
- Opposition demands upgrade in cyber security..

The Opposition in Goa has demanded that the state government upgrade its cyber security infrastructure after the state legislative assembly was told on Wednesday that 17 state government websites were hacked over the last four years...

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“The cyber cell of Goa Police is completely poor… It appears to be in coma. Major government websites are hacked and they are defaced. The government has not been able to find the culprit,” Independent MLA Vijay Sardesai said

The Opposition MLA from Fatorda also said that the cyber cell was being used for intimidation of the incumbent government’s critics.

Over the last four years, the websites of 17 state government departments of Sainik Welfare, Accounts, Water Resources, NRI Commission among others were hacked by unidentified hackers.

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[DardiM]

Thanks for the share

It would cost a lot of money to improve their security lacks ( human knowledge in security, hardware, software ...they are really in trouble)

 

[ravi prakash saini]

Money does not matter here,i am from India so I know money has never been the problem,the real problem is people who are not ready to upgrade their brain.if an effort is made to upgrade them forcefully,they hide themselves behind the shield of democracy.
The attitude is like if someone has joined the MT ,now it is the duty of MT to protect them.
I would like to see more attacks like this so that my people find no option other than upgrading their brains

 

[jamescv7]

The problem here nowadays for such country is lack on security presence, + considering that product like QuickHeal may already been recognized by numerous hackers of being passive or weak hence bypass can be very easy.

Better to team up with security companies and especially Microsoft for stronger security mechanism on the government websites.

 

[ravi prakash saini]

The problem here nowadays for such country is lack on security presence, + considering that product like QuickHeal may already been recognized by numerous hackers of being passive or weak hence bypass can be very easy.

Better to team up with security companies and especially Microsoft for stronger security mechanism on the government websites.

There is no compulsion to use quick heal or any other security products,every department , office or wing is free to decide as per their requirement.the price of quick heal total security is equal to three license of KIS so who is going to use QH