SC website down amid hacking fears

New Delhi: The official website of the Supreme Court, which was suspected to be hacked on Thursday, was restored late in the evening after several hours of firefighting by IT experts. The website, which had turned “non- functional” from 11.35 am, became accessible only at around 7.50 pm.

New Delhi, April 19: The official website of the Supreme Court, which was suspected to be hacked on Thursday, was restored late in the evening after several hours of fire- fighting by information technology experts.

The website, which had turned “non- functional” from 11.35 am, became accessible only at around 7.50 pm.

One of the screen shots of the top court Web page circulating on some social media sites showed signs left by some Brazilian hackers who may have targeted it. An image of cannabis leaves, with a message saying “hackeado por HighTech Brazil HacTeam”, could be seen.

Later in the day, when attempts to reach the website at supreme court of india. nic.inw as made, the result read: “site under maintenance”.

The officials, who requested anonymity, were non- committal on confirming whether the website was hacked and said that the top court’s information technology department was in touch with the NIC.

The website had gone down, hours after a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra delivered a hard- hitting judgement relating to the death of special CBI Judge B. H. Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case.