EC defends integrity of EVMs in SC, asserts it can’t be manipulated
The Election Commission of India (ECI) defended the integrity of the electronic voting system, asserting that it was not prone to any external interference or manipulations.
The official website of the Supreme Court of India was inaccessible in the afternoon hours of Thursday. Users were unable to gain access to the site as the message ‘This site can’t be reached’ flashed on the screen.
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Some users, however, shared screenshots on social media claiming that the site had been hacked by a Brazil-based group. Text in Portuguese read, “Hackeado por HighTech Brazil HackTeam” which translates to ‘Hacked by HighTech Brazil team’ in English.
#SupremeCourt website hacked? pic.twitter.com/NmBgNBGU3b
— Sruthisagar Yamunan (@sruthisagar) April 19, 2018
On New Year’s Day in 2013, the Brazilian hackers’ group hacked hundreds of sites around the world including Reliance Netconnect in India.
The hacking has not been confirmed by any official but the site continued to be down at the time of writing.
According to reports, the site has been down since 12.15 pm. A couple of hours ago, the Supreme Court rejected the plea seeking an independent probe into the death of CBI Judge BH Loya.
In its ruling, the apex court said that there is no reason to doubt the statement of four judges who were with Judge Loya on the last day of his life because that would tantamount to doubting the integrity of the judiciary. The four judges – J Kulkarni, J Barde, J Modak and JRR Rathi – had termed his death as “natural”.
The apex court had on 16 March reserved its verdict on a batch of five petitions seeking an independent probe.
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