The matter came to light at around 12:30 am when while accessing the website, some students noticed that the website was hacked with "Happy Birthday Pooja" written on it.
The official website of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) was hacked late on Monday night with the hacker wishing "Happy Birthday" to someone called Pooja. Even as the officials claimed to have restored it within hours, the website was not working properly by Tuesday afternoon.
The matter came to light at around 12:30 am when while accessing the website, some students noticed that the website was hacked with "Happy Birthday Pooja" written on it. The message was undersigned by "Your Love". "Since the examination session is going on, we keep on checking the website for latest updates. Last night, when I accidentally opened it, I saw the message and then I forwarded screenshots to someone in the administration," said Imran Ahmed, an MBA student.
Similarly, another student at the university's Mass Communication centre said, "I wanted to check something related to my syllabus on the website, but I found it hacked at around 1 am. It took the administration more than 6-7 hours to fix it. It is a lot of time during exams."
The message went viral on social media by Tuesday morning prompting the administration to react. "It's very unfortunate that some mischievous elements are creating problems for students during admission and exam time by doing this. The website is operated by an external agency and its server is not in the campus. Immediately after getting the information, we informed the concerned authority and the website was restored," said JMI Registrar, AP Siddiqui.
This is not the first time when official website of an educational institution got hacked. Last year, websites of Delhi University, Aligarh Muslim University and IIT-Delhi were hacked around the same time allegedly by some Pakistan based hackers. "To avoid any such incident in future, we are considering to take appropriate action in the matter. The website is now working properly both on desktop/laptop or mobile phones" Siddiqui said.
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