CB-CID to probe Madurai temple website hacking
Militant outfit with alleged links in Pakistan, was suspected to be behind it
Madurai: The probe in connection with the hacking of the Meenakshi temple website here has been handed over to CB-CID police as a militant outfit, with alleged links in Pakistan, was suspected to be behind it, the police said. The website was in the news last month after it was hacked and the IP address of the hackers was traced to a foreign soil, the police said.
The police personnel added that they suspected that the trail could lead to Pakistan. “However, the exact country is still to be located,” they also said.
The software experts of the Madurai temple had found the website e-services and homepage hacked on December 14, 2014, following which a complaint was filed with the police. As in most cases of hacking the names of the hackers were also displayed on the site.“We realised that the website has been hacked after about 15 hours,” an official of the temple confessed later. The website was restored after sometime, with the city cyber crime investigating the matter.
The IP address of the hacker was also located, a city police officer said. The Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and Parvati and has an estimated 33,000 sculptures.