Unidentified hackers targeted the Cyberabad and Rachakonda police websites, redirecting users to a betting portal and forcing authorities to take the sites offline. A Delhi-based cyber security team under NIC is fixing vulnerabilities. The breach follows the recent Telangana High Court website hack.
Hyderabad: After Telangana High Court, the unidentified cyber hackers targeted the Cyberabad and Rachakonda police commissionerate websites a week ago making the sites unaccessible for citizens.
People trying to get information about Cyberabad and Rachakonda police were met with “site can’t be reached/destination not reachable” errors, pointing to a bad gateway issue.
Sources said both the sites were attacked by unidentified offenders. The users were redirected to a betting portal. The site

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