GTU Website Hacked...!

The Website got Hacked yesterday. It was not so late when I received a message in my group that GTU Website got Hacked..! At first I didn't believe as when I opened the site, it seemed to work well. But then I started geetting links and found that this was true. But still I had some doubts so I didn't post the NEWS yesterday. But as I got to read about this in newspaper, I thought of writing about it.

UPDATE: GTU website was hacked another time recently. But this is different... As it is me who performed the hack and no worries as I reported them and applied the patch. This time I got into GTU Exams site which contained all exam related stuffs. You can read it here..

Yesterday, I received a message in my group about this. At first I didn't believe that it was true. Then after some time, I received a screenshot from my friend who notified me about it. I was so curious that I started searching on the internet about it.

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The screenshot I received is here...

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After this thing happened, I started searching on the internet about the whole matter. I saw only one link which reported about the website getting hacked. But when I tried to open it, it blocked me saying I was unauthorized to access that site.

The link which reported about this is : http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/28829271 You can too try to access it, but it will block you saying that you are unauthorized. This link will also be soon removed from Google Results.

Also, I was able to get a YouTube video which showed the website got Hacked. But this was too removed from YouTube's Server. It seemed like all the traces were removed. I don't know who removed these traces, either the Hacker - to prevent from getting caught OR the GTU - to maintain its respect in the society.

The YouTube video link was : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR1RBf2nzus

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Then I started searching on Web-Crawlers to get the idea whether the site was really Hacked..! Or was it Just a scam. But no data was available by the Internet Archives. It seemed like the data was removed from Internet Archives.

To learn what is Internet Archive and How to use it, click here...

But as we know, Google always helps in this kind of tasks. As it records each task that happens online. I then tried accessing the blocked link from the Google Server's Cached Data. And I didn't believe that I was successful. And then I was able to see the webpage that was blocked earlier.

To learn how to use Google Cache for retriving lost data, click here...

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You can also access the cached web version here : http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:RE6OgcVbmr0J:www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/28829271+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in&client=firefox-b-ab

And then I was sure that the website was Hacked. But still I waited for the Offical NEWS to come. And then, today I got the Official NEWS in our local NewsPaper (Its in Gujarati Language).

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It is not so late when GTU has achieved an International Reputation in the society. Also, GTU is working on many projects, one of which is CyberSecurity. Therefore, at this time it became very hard for the officials to maintain the Hack. The site was Hacked at about 1:00 PM IST. And was recovered within a few hours. The Hacker notified the University to upgrade its security and warned that he/she will return soon.

You can see the projects on which GTU is carrying the research work here : http://www.gturesearchcentres.edu.in

Also, the media is saying that a Pakastani Hacker did this job. But still it is hard to believe till the cyberforce don't catch the real culprit. Its the Indian nature that we blame Pakistan for all the shits that happen here.. 

I will be notifying you all about the updates I get on this topic. Till then, stay connected. And share your views in the comment box provided below. Thank you..