KOCHI: The official website of Ernakulathappan temple was taken down on Friday evening after it was hacked allegedly by Pakistani cyber hackers. The temple authorities said the website- www.ernakulathappan.com- was found hacked by Friday evening with several pro-Pakistan messages.
Balagopal, Ernakulathappan temple secretary, told Express a complaint in this regard has been forwarded to the DGP, the Cyber Cell, and City Police Commissioner. “It was around 7 pm we came to know about the hacking incident. We don’t know exactly at what time the website was hacked. Along with the screenshot of the website we filed an online complaint with the police.
The same will be handed over as a written complaint to the police chief on Saturday morning,” said Balagopal. The home page of the website was flashed with messages such as ‘Pakistan Zindabad’, and ‘We are blackleets’. The hackers also left a message on the website saying the website had been hacked to prove their prowess to hack into websites with high-security features. “Admin, Don’t Worry! Your database is 100% F****. V Payback of Hacking Pakistani Sites. Free Kashmir, Because of it’s ours!,” said the message purportedly from Hex.
Meanwhile, the Cyber Cell which received the complaint is yet to start the investigation into the incident.
Officers said the probe will be launched only after getting the login details from the admin.
“We asked the admin of the page to down the server. Only after getting the login details and access to the site will we be able to launch the probe. Then only the Cyber team can confirm whether Pakistan hackers were indeed involved in the whole episode, “ said a top officer with the Cyber Cell.