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Hackers post ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans on Goa BJP website

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Shashikant Sharma | Updated on: 15 Oct 2018, 11:46:01 PM
Hackers post ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogans on Goa BJP website

New Delhi:

‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were posted on an old website of the Goa BJP after it was hacked by unknown persons on Monday. The cyber attacked was carried out by a group called “Team PCE”. An individual’s name “Mohammad Bilal” was also posted on the website page.

After defacing the website, the hackers left a mail address - mailto:catch.if.you.can@hotmail.com.

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Reacting to the incident, a BJP IT cell functionary said that the hacked website was an old one, adding that the new Goa BJP website had the anti-hacking security measures.

The functionary said that BJP Goa general secretary Sadanand Tanavade had refused to divulge the details of the cyber-attack, therefore, the party didn’t file any police complaint regarding this.

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This was not the first time the website of a state BJP unit was hacked. In April this year, the website of the BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit was also hacked.

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First Published : 15 Oct 2018, 04:40:21 PM

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