Breaches and incidents
Maharashtra government websites (India): 20+ department sites redirected to betting, Bombay High Court PIL
Storyboard18 reported a PIL filed in February 2025 by IT lawyer Ruzbeh Raja in the Bombay High Court listing 20 government department websites carrying...
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- Reported by a reputable outlet, citing the company
What happened
- Storyboard18 reported a PIL filed in February 2025 by IT lawyer Ruzbeh Raja in the Bombay High Court listing 20 government department websites carrying malicious code that redirected users to betting sites, including the Charity Commissioner (used as a redirect gateway), Transport, Tribal Welfare, State Excise and maharashtra.gov.in itself; users were sent to domains such as 01game.info.
- Root cause: not disclosed; the petitioner says the sites lacked basic login security.
- Attacker: unnamed betting operators.
- Response: per counsel Ajinkya Udane, the government told the court it had taken down all compromised sites and was relaunching them; the court directed state cyber authorities to review upgrade recommendations.