May 11 – Scammers have compromised SCERT’s Goa Teacher’s Eligibility Test (GTET) website https://gtet.goa.gov.in/ and Infotech Corporation of Goa’s recruitment application website https://itgrecruitment.goa.gov.in/ and SC/ST free laptop scheme website https://merit.goa.gov.in/ and planted online betting advertisements and redirection links on these websites. The links were indexed by search engines, including Google, making the ads easy to find online. The redirections have been disabled after an international news agencies reported the matter to Indian – Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). However, the indexing by search engines continues to point to the goa.gov.in websites. Scammers have targeted Goa Govt websites several times before highlighting the pressing need for a foolproof security mechanism for govt websites which host personal and sensitive data of citizens of the state.
