Home Ministry’s website hacked? ‘Not sure’, say officials

The website of Ministry of Home Affairs is down and reports suggest that the portal could have been hacked. But, the MHA officials are not sure about it. The NIC, which maintains the website, is Investigating the matter.

Confusion prevails in the Ministry of Home Affairs about its website having been hacked or not. Some reports claimed that the MHA website was hacked and experts were trying to ascertain the damage caused to the portal.

A PTI tweet also said that the MHA website was hacked. The PTI tweet quoted home ministry officials as saying that the website was hacked “prompting the authorities to temporarily block it.”