A day after unidentified miscreants hacked its official website www.ouat.ac.in, the Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) authorities on Saturday filed two written complaints, one at the Crime Branch and another at the Khandagiri police station seeking an inquiry into the matter.
Hackers had on Friday brought down the official website of the OUAT and defaced it.The anonymous hacker, identifying himself as Don, has posted objectionable contents on the home page the website.
Immediately after the hacking incident came to fore, university authorities deactivated the server.The website was fully functional till 6.30 pm at around 8 pm the hackers hacked the website and defaced it, said OUAT Vice-Chancellor Prof Manoranjan Kar.
Meanwhile, OUAT Registrar RK Das said, “We have reported the matter to the Crime Branch for investigation since it has a Cyber crime wing. We also lodged a written complaint at the Khandagiri police station and also informed the Bhubaneswar DCP.”hacking incident occurred On January 3, an unofficial website of Ganjam Regional Transport Officer was hacked by suspected Pakistani cyber terrorists.
The internet protocol of the hacker was later traced to United States.This is the second such hacking of a Government agency’s website in the last fortnight.