The Central government has clarified that there was no indication that the website of National Security Guard (NSG) had been hacked. A PIB release said there is no indication that NSG website has been hacked. “The website does not contain any sensitive data. It is, in fact, meant for public use containing information of general nature that might be useful to the general public. The present website is being revamped with the help of National Informatics Centre to make it more useful and more secure following government guidelines on the subject. The process of revamping is going on for the past few months as a matter of administrative routine. It is not in any way connected with any suspected hacking.

“What is suspected to be an attempt of hacking and which could be a result of some malware inadvertently downloaded from the Internet, relates to one particular stand-alone computer which is not on any NSG/Government network. This computer is being examined utilising services of cyber experts. This computer does not store any sensitive information and is not used by any senior officer. It is to be noted that as a matter of precaution, NSG does not store sensitive data on Internet connected computers/networks.”