Defence ministry website not hacked, says NIC

The official website of Ministry of Defence was down on Friday and the government was working to restore it, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. According to officials, there were Chinese characters on the website, indicating that Chinese hackers may be involved in it. While many believed the website was hacked, the National Informatics Centre later clarified that the website was not hacked but it was down due to some technical issue. A message which read: “The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later” continued to flash on its home page. “Action is initiated after the hacking of MoD website ( http://mod.nic.in ). The website shall be restored shortly. Needless to say, every possible step required to prevent any such eventuality in the future will be taken. @DefenceMinIndia @PIB_India @PIBHindi,” Sitharaman tweeted. Source:The Indian Express