BANGALORE: After the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) website was hacked earlier this week, on Saturday cyber miscreants hacked the main page of the Karnataka BJP website. Officials from the ruling party remained unaware about the issue and reacted only when Express pointed out the compromised version of the website. While the original website too was available, the compromised version, selling viagra and fertility drugs, was available to anyone who searched for “BJP Karnataka Ministers” on www.google.com.Interestingly, the Cyber Security Response Team that had cracked the IP address of the hacker when the BBMP website was compromised has managed to track down the hackers behind this attack too. Investigators have found a similar pattern behind both the attacks occurring within one week. “The hackers are using this pattern to issue a threat to the owners of the compromised website. In this case, they are pointing out to the Karnataka BJP that they are not very happy with matters. They have left no note or warning, but since they have hacked only one page of the website, they are pointing out that they have the technicalities and the potential and would not spare them the next time,” said Shubha Mangala Sunil, founder chairperson, Cyber Security Response Team. Chitradurga MP Janardhana Swamy who handles the website for BJP said he is utterly shocked by this incident. “There are several websites in Karnataka but our website was attacked. We will take strict action against these cyber miscreants. There could be a motive behind this and we will set up a team of experts to investigate and track down the hacker,” he said.
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