Actions by malicious actors leads to the hacking of the websites of an Indian Education Institute

Actions by malicious actors leads to the hacking of the websites of an Indian Education Institute

Over more than 1,000 files from the website of The Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) were encrypted by hackers.

The hacked servers connect the main website of the institute carrying details about its history and existence. The hackers also encrypted the files of the research fellows in the institute apart from the archives and monologues preserved in the library.

Hacking has come weeks before the IIAS organizes a lecture by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Universal Brotherhood in New Delhi next month.

The institute, after learning that the three servers had been hacked, filed a complaint with Himachal Police’s cyber police station in Shimla.

A police official, requesting anonymity, said, “We have received a complaint and our team is working on it. So far, we cannot disclose from which country the hackers have pried upon the website.”