No Indication of Hacking of NSG Website

Reports in a section of the media state that the NSG Website has been hacked and some information on it has been stolen etc. There is no indication that NSG Website has been hacked. The Website does not contain any sensitive data. It is, in fact, meant for public use containing information of general nature that might be useful to the general public. The present Website is being revamped with the help of NIC to make it more useful and more secure following Government guidelines on the subject. The process of revamping is going on for past few months as a matter of administrative routine. It is not in any way connected with any suspected hacking etc.

What is suspected to be an attempt of hacking and which could be a result of some malware inadvertently downloaded from the internet, relates to one particular stand-alone computer which is not on any NSG/Government network. This computer is being examined utilizing services of Cyber experts. This computer does not store any sensitive information and is not used by any senior officer. It is to be noted that as a matter of precaution, NSG does not store sensitive data on internet connected computers/networks.

As a matter of abundant caution, instructions have been issued to disconnect all such stand-alone computers from the internet and install reliable security software on any such computer that is proposed to be used to access the internet. Earlier instructions on computer security by NSG have been reiterated to all officers and personnel of NSG at all the NSG locations for strict compliance.

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