mobanmarketAt least 10 government websites, including those of the union ministries of defence, labour, home affairs, and law and justice were down on Friday, initially sparking fears of a Chinese hack.
However, senior government officials, as well as the National Informatics Centre (NIC) said this was due to a hardware error detected in the afternoon and not because of a security breach. By 9.00 pm, at least four of these websites, including that of defence and home affairs, were operational again.
The speculation of a Chinese hack originated after Mandarin characters were noticed on the top left of the ministry of defence website while it displayed an error message.