HACKERS POST AD ON UP VIDHAN SABHA WEBSITE, FIR LODGED

LUCKNOW : Cyber criminals hacked the website of UP Vidhan Sabha and posted a sleazy advertisement (about a sexstimulating medicine)on its webpage, said senior police officials here on Thursday. They said the authorities of Uttar Pradesh Development Systems Corporation (UPDESCO) Ltd, which operates the website, had lodged an FIR with the cybercrime police station in Lucknow on August 26 but the cops had failed to trace the hacker so far.

A senior police official said the FIR was lodged by UPDESCO’s assistant manager Ram Shankar Singh against unidentified people under Section 66-C of the Information Technology Act for fraudulently or dishonestly making use of electronic signature or any other unique identification feature of any other person. He said the complainant mentioned in the FIR that he was informed that the UP Vidhan Sabha website (www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in) had been hacked and a sleazy advertisement had been posted on it on August 23. The complainant further mentioned that an outsourced agency from Pune was maintaining the website. He said the outsourced agency also had the responsibility of protecting the website from hackers.

UP additional director general (ADG), law and order, Prashant Kumar said that no data had been stolen from the website but a promotional advertisement of a medicine had been posted on its page. He said the authorities concerned had been directed for further investigation. In the past, the website of the Railways was also hacked and a man identified as Anupam Singh was arrested on September 5. Singh had prepared multiple duplicate tickets after hacking the website. Besides, the website of the Election Commission was also hacked in the past.