Maharashtra government website hacked

MUMBAI: The official website of the Maharashtra government was allegedly hacked, forcing the state Information Technology department to lodge a formal complaint with the city police on Tuesday.
   
The website -- www.maharashtra.gov.in -- has been blocked now and reportedly had some Arabic content posted on it by the hacker, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria told here.

"The IT department has lodged an FIR with the police after which the miscreant will be traced out," he said.

Meanwhile, deputy chief minister R R Patil said the government would take help of IT experts and if need be, of Crime Branch, to get to the roots of the attempted hacking of the state government's official website.

Stating that the damage due to the hacking attempt of the website was minimal, Patil, who holds the Home portfolio, said help was being sought from experts to tackle the situation.

If need be, we will seek help from private experts too, he added.

Discussions are already in progress between officials of the state government's IT department and experts, Patil said.