‘1965 Yaad Hai Na?’: NSG Website Hacked, Profane Messages Left

The hacker left a picture of police brutality, a cry for Azaad Kashmir, and a string of expletives for PM Modi.

The website of the National Security Guard was hacked on Sunday. Photo used for representational purposes only. (Photo: iStock)

Special forces unit, the National Security Guard (NSG)’s website was hacked on the morning of 1 January 2017 by a group called the “Alone Injector”. The home page was filled with an expletive message aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an image of the police beating up civilians with the accompanying text “Free Kashmir.”

The hacked home page of the NSG website earlier this morning. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/The Logical Spin)

“Free Kashmir”

The rant on the hacked NSG website against brutality against civilians in Kashmir. (Photo courtesy: Twitter/The Logical Spin)

The NSG, also known as the “Black Cats”, is a special forces unit under the Ministry of Home Affairs deployed in times of federal contingencies, created to tackle terrorism of all kinds.

It’s unique position in the Indian Army is perhaps what made it vulnerable to a hack. The hacker left a threatening rant against the ongoing arbitrary violence against civilians by the police and military in Kashmir. The message ends with a call for “azaadi” from Indian military.

“1965 Yaad Hai Na?”

<i>1965 yaad hai na? So jao beta, so jao warna ISI aa jayega</i>. (Remember 1965? Go to sleep, son, otherwise the ISI will come.)

The hacker’s message

The second half of the hacker’s message seems to be aimed directly at PM Narendra Modi, filled with expletives and references to India’s strained relationship with Pakistan. The message includes warnings and taunts, inviting Modi to come and ‘fight’ instead of “falsely placating Indians by lying about surgical strikes.”

The hacker’s message, seemingly addressed to PM Narendra Modi. (Photo courtesy: Twitter/Old School Monk)

The website has been pulled down after the attack, but Google’s cache still shows traces of the hack in its search results.

This hack comes on the heels of a series of high-profile hacks of the Twitter accounts of Rahul Gandhi, Barkha Dutt, Vijay Mallya and Ravish Kumar where sensitive information about the persons were also released.