The official website of the Indore police department has been hijacked by a Pakistani hacker. On the website’s home page, the hacker has put Pakistan Zindabad and Free Kashmir.
The cyber cell of the Indore police crime section jumped into action as soon as they discovered the website had been hacked and banned it. The criminal branch has opened an inquiry into the issue after filing a report. To retrieve the page, a team of cyber professionals has been dispatched.
According to information, the miscreant, who hacked the website, wrote –“Hacked by Mohammed Bilal team PCE – Free Kashmir, Pakistan Zindabad,” in place of names of senior police officers including director general of police, Madhya Pradesh, inspector general of police, Indore. He also turned down the national flag of India and posted on the website. Challenging the Indore police, the hacker wrote – ‘Catch.if.you.can@hotmail.com’.
Talking to Free Press, Additional Superintendent of Police, crime branch Indore, Guru Prasad Parashar said the website has been blocked and an expert team has been deployed to recover the page. We are registering a case and strict action will be taken against the accused,” he said.
Notably, the hacker who introduced himself as Mohammed Bilal and the PCE team has hacked websites of many institutions in India. The same person had hacked website of Andhra University in 2018.
