Antrix website not hacked, damage done purposefully

After security alarm was raised surrounding the news that the website of ISRO's commercial arm Antrix Corporation Limited was hacked, ISRO officials said the problem occurred due to a purposeful attempt by someone to link the home page to another page.

"It appears that the Antrix website has not been hacked, but might have been a purposeful attempt by someone who linked the home page to another page," the ISRO official told PTI. The website of Antrix was reportedly hacked yesterday and thereafter the work to fix the problem was taken up by Antrix officials and it was blocked immediately.

"The problem is there but there should not be any cause of worry because the website does not contain sensitive data which could be detrimental for India's security," he said.

Asked if it was an internal or international attempt to cause damage, he said, "We still cannot say who that someone is. Investigations are on."

The official added that the attempt to link the homepage to other page could be to gain popularity. The probe is on, or could be for some other reason.

Damage to Antrix website comes two days after ISRO successfully launched five British commercial satellites on board PSLV-C28 from Sriharikota in its heaviest commercial mission.

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