Vinod M Jain
The Southeast CEN police have registered an FIR over a suspected website defacement attack targeting Karnataka’s‘Maralu Mitra’ sand booking portal, hosted on sand.karnataka.gov.in, following an alert from the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC).
Mahadevaswamy,senior officials has lodged the complaint on October 27,stating that the portal is associated with Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited (HGML),a Karnataka government undertaking that uses the software to manage sand sales and stock across the state.
According to the complaint,the NCIIPC issued a warning about a possible website defacement attack targeting the portal.
The platform plays a key role in managing sand-related operations and the associated public and official data.
In view of the alert,HGML expressed concern over the possibility of unauthorised access to,misuse of, disclosure of,or alterations to the public and official data maintained on the software.
The police have registered a case under Sections 43,66 and 66(C) of the Information Technology Act,2000.
The complaint raises concerns over a potential cyberattack;the available details do not establish whether any data was actually accessed,altered or leaked.
