Hacked NGT Site Still Inaccessible for the Second Consecutive Day
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The hacked website of National Green Tribunal remained inaccessible for the second consecutive day on Wednesday after it was blocked by National Informatics Centre, with officials hoping that it would become operational in another couple of days.
"This site can't be reached," said a message posted on the green panel's website.
The NGT officials said they were providing the causelists of cases to the NGT Bar Association who are in turn circulating it to others.
A case has already been registered in the cyber cell at the Tilak Marg police station in this regard.
Litigants and lawyers, who accessed the website for a list of hearings scheduled were having a tough time as they could not access important contents like daily orders or judgements.
The National Green Tribunal's website on Monday came under cyber attack with a grouping hacking it and posting profanities, claiming it was an act of "revenge" against the Indian Army’s surgical strikes across the Line of Control.
The hacker’s message claims revenge against India's surgical strikes. “Kiss the burn of cyber war,” the warning, in a post replete with expletives, read.
The cyber attack was noticed around 7:15pm on Monday.
This is the second time after 2013 that the website has been hacked.
In April, 2012, the Delhi High Court Bar Association's website was defaced by Pakistani hackers.
(With ANI and PTI inputs)
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