UP higher education panel’s website hacked, last name changed from ‘Allahabadi’ to ‘Prayagraj’

Prayagraj: The website of UP Higher Education Service Commission was hacked on Tuesday with the hackers replacing the last name “Allahabadi” of some renowned poets with “Praygaraj” in an “apparent resentment” of the change of the name this historical city, an official said. The Prayagraj-based Commission, however, was able to restore its Hindi website and the work is on to restore its English portal, Commission chairman Ishwar Charan Vishvaarma told PTI.

A complaint about the incident has been lodged with the Cyber Cell of the city police to nab the culprits, Dr Vishvakarma said. “It was evidently a handiwork of some miscreants expressing their apparent resentment over the change of name of Allahabad,” Dr Vishvakarma said, taking pains to explain that the Commission had no role in corrupting the website.