The official website of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Haryana, was allegedly hacked and a message posted on it saying it was done by terrorist organisation ISIS.
SCERT director Sneh Lata told The Hindu that the department got to know about the hacking on Sunday afternoon. “We got to know about the hacking when ISIS flag was noticed with ‘Hacked by Islamic State (ISIS), We Are Everywhere :)’ written on website’s homepage,” said Ms. Lata.
But as soon as the matter came to notice, the message was removed and the website is now running properly.
Ms. Sneh Lata further said that the matter was reported to the police and a formal complaint was lodged with the Cyber Cell in this connection.
The investigators are, however, not clear as yet if the alleged ISIS hackers had stolen any government data from the website.
The SCERT was established in April 1979. It was the conglomeration of the State Institute of Education and State Institute of Science to provide new dimensions to school education. The institution aims to acquaint teachers with innovations brought out in the sphere of school education through continuous training sessions, workshops and other measures.
Website is now running properly; investigators are not clear if any govt. data was stolen by hackers
