Rajasthan Education Department website hacked; Hackers call Pahalgam attack an ‘inside job’
Jaipur: The official website of the Rajasthan Education Department was hacked on Tuesday morning by a group identifying itself as Pakistani hackers. The attackers defaced the homepage with a poster declaring the recent Pahalgam terror attack an “inside job” allegedly orchestrated by the Indian government.
The message on the hacked website read, “Pahalgam was not an attack. It was an inside job... The next strike won’t be with bullets, but with a digital assault. No borders. No warnings. No mercy.” The poster also included a viral image labeling a woman as a “paid actor” in the aftermath of the Pahalgam incident.
Following the breach, the department’s IT team took the website offline and launched recovery operations. Education Minister Madan Dilawar stated that no sensitive data appears to have been compromised and a full investigation is underway.
This is the latest in a series of cyberattacks targeting Rajasthan government websites. On Monday, similar breaches were reported on the websites of the Department of Local Bodies (DLB) and Jaipur Development Authority (JDA), where hackers posted pro-Pakistan propaganda. Those websites have since been restored.
Cybersecurity agencies are actively tracking the group behind the attacks, with initial indications pointing to a group calling itself the ‘Pakistan Cyber Force,’ according to NDTV.
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Rupee falls 9 paise to all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai (PTI): Rupee depreciated 9 paise to an all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by uncertainty over an India-US trade deal and persistent foreign fund outflows.
Forex traders said rupee is trading with a negative bias as investors are in wait and watch mode and awaiting cues from the India-US trade deal front.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 90.53 against the US dollar, then fell further to an all-time intraday low of 90.58 against the greenback, registering a fall of 9 paise over its previous close.
On Friday, the rupee had slipped 17 paise to close at an all-time low of 90.49 against the American currency.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.05 per cent lower at 98.35.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading higher by 0.52 per cent at USD 61.44 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share benchmark index Sensex was trading 298.86 points lower at 84,968.80, while the Nifty was down 121.40 points at 25,925.55.
Foreign Institutional Investors sold equities worth Rs 1,114.22 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.
"FPIs continue to be in selling mode in equity and debt while RBI has been selling dollars to fund their long positions," said Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP.
