Hackers from China, Pakistan targeted CWG Sites

Written by Breaking News Online Team

Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:39 ==============================================================================

Breaking News!  After the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi ended successfully, it came to light that cyber hackers from China and Pakistan tried to hack the official sites of CWG. According to latest reports, the hackers from China and Pakistan tried hard to deface the official sites of CWG and disrupt the data networks. But the IT professionals worked through day and night to keep the data secure. The media reports suggested that most hackers were students from technical institutes and they had the support ofgovernment agencies. Around 2,000 instances of cyber attacks were reported during the Commonwealth Games, it is believed. While most attacks were targeted at Games' official website www.cwgdelhi2010.org, some other government websites also came under attack. Even some popular and small news portals and blogs that exclusively offered news about CWG, were attacked. (breaking news) =================================================