Indonesia hackers may launch assault on 12000 Indian govt web sites, MHA factors alert

On Thursday (April 13), a security alert was issued by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), urging concerned officers to take preventive measures for shielding 12000 authorities websites from an Indonesia-based ‘hacktivist’ group, reported MoneyControl.

I4C, which is run by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has said in its alert, “It has been reported that websites of state and central government are potentially being targeted.”

It extra warned that the ‘hacktivist group’ had launched a doable Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) assaults on 12000 State and Central authorities websites.

Hacktivist Indonesia, a religious hacktivist group is claiming to concentrate on 12000 websites of India.

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”A hacktivist Indonesia group is claiming to concentrate on 12,000 websites of India and the menace actors are launching DoS/DDoS assaults,” the alert added.

While speaking regarding the matter, the founding father of ‘Pingsafe’ Anand Prakash instructed MoneyControl, “Post this alert, government employees need to ensure that they do not fall for social engineering attacks; do not click on unknown emails or links, which can compromise security of such websites.”

“They also ensure that all software updates are up-to-date,” Anand Prakash, founder and CEO of cybersecurity company Pingsafe said,” he added. In 2022, the Indian authorities reportedly witnessed 19 ransomware assaults in opposition to its diverse organisations.

India sought Interpol’s help in opposition to Indonesian, and Malaysian hackers

In July last yr, India sought Interpol’s help to nab two hacker groups, significantly, ‘Dragon Force Malaysia’ and ‘Hacktivist Indonesia’ for waging a cyber battle in opposition to the nation over former BJP chief Nupur Sharma’s suggestions on Prophet Muhammad.

After attacking authorities websites, the two groups requested Muslim hacker groups from the world over to hitch them of their assault.

They claimed that their assault was in response to Nupur Sharma’s suggestions on a data channel debate. A lookout uncover was issued for every the groups, which hacked over 2,000 websites.