Thane police website hacked, hackers post message demanding apology to Muslims

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Maharashtra's Thane city police commissionerate's website was allegedly hacked on Tuesday, with a message appearing on it, demanding an apology to "Muslims all over the world."

The message appearing on the website mentioned that the website was allegedly hacked by 'One Hat Cyber Team.'

"Hacked by one hat cyber team. Hello Indian Government, Hello everyone. Again and again you make trouble with the problem of the Islamic Religion. Hurry up and apologize to Muslims all over the world!! We don't stand still when our apostle is insulted," message displayed on a black background on the screen read.

Talking to mid-day.com, Sunil Lokhande, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Thane said, "the problem on the website began at around around 4am and by 9:30am, we were able to rectify the issue and restore the website. We will be registering an FIR in the matter and further investigating the case."

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Following the attack, Cyber and Privacy Lawyer, Dr. Prashant Mali also tweeted about the hacking attack.

The Cyber Law Expert told mid-day.com, "These hacking and defacement have now become the International mode of protests. This brings the cause to limelight globally and also exposes our weak cybersecurity in websites. I feel a National investigation in this matter of cyber crime is required to show our investigation agencies skill set."