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WHID 2008-50: The Indian government acknowledges hacking incidents

Updated: 
29 February 2008
Attack Information
WHID ID: 
2008-50
Date Occured: 
29 Feb 2008
Attack Method: 
Outcome Information
Outcome: 
Target Information
Attacked Entity Field: 
Government
Attacked Entity Geography: 
India

An official Indian government response to a question in the Indian parliament, the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology discusses hacking incidents which occurred between 2005 and 2008 in a large number of Indian government agencies. The interesting information is the list of agencies affected:

  • Ministry of Railways,
  • Air Cargo Customs (Mumbai),
  • Forward markets Commission,
  • National Institute of Health and Family Welfare,
  • National Institute of Social Defence,
  • Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances,
  • Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing,
  • Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,
  • Telecom Regulatory Authority of India,
  • Department of Information Technology and
  • Anthropological Survey of India.