CBI files case against website hacking

Confirming reports of its website being hacked, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said it has registered a case under Information Technology Act.

“It has come to the notice of the CBI that its official website was unauthorisedly accessed and defaced in the intervening night of December 3 and 4. A case has been registered in this connection in the cyber crime cell of the CBI,? an official spokesperson told media on Saturday.

India’s federal investigating agency said efforts are on to restore the website.

“Efforts are underway to restore the website with the help of National Informatics Centre and the CBI cyber security experts,” said the spokesperson.

On Friday, there were reports that the website of India’s federal investigating agency has been hacked.

Visitors to the site- www.cbi.gov.in- were redirected to a page that says the site has been hacked by a self-proclaimed ?Pakistani Cyber Army? to avenge the hacking of Pakistani websites by ?Indian Cyber Army?.

The hackers posted the message ?Pakistan Zindabad? (Long Live Pakistan) on the site.

The ?Pakistan Cyber Army? claims it has hacked another 270 websites.