The Supreme Court’s official website was allegedly hacked on Thursday. It could be revived only by late evening making the court’s webpage inaccessible for a good part of the day. Supreme Court officials, however, said it was a technical snag and did not confirm that the website was hacked.
According to a release issued by the Supreme Court, the website became “non-functional” from 11.35 am and could be restored despite best efforts only by late evening. One of the screenshots of the top court’s webpage circulating on some social media sites showed signs left by some Brazilian hackers who possibly targeted it.
An image of cannabis leaves with a message saying “hackeado por HighTech Brazil HacTeam” could be seen. later in the day, the webpage displayed “site under maintenance”.
SC officials said the information technology department was in touch with the NIC through the day and refused to confirm reports of a possible hack of the website.