The official website of Jamia Millia Islamia University was hacked late midnight on Tuesday. On visiting the website (http://jmi.ac.in), a birthday message was displayed, which read, "Happy Birthday Pooja. Your love." No individual or group has taken responsibility for the action. According to a report on ANI, the University has also not issued any statement on the matter. The website is up now.

There have been several instances of government websites getting hacked in recent times. According to 2016 data, more than 199 government websites were hacked in India, as reported by the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Parliament. Reportedly, in three years, from 2013-2016, more than 700 websites under the Indian government were hacked. A total of 8,348 persons were also arrested for their involvement in cybercrimes, according to official data released.

As per the ANI report, earlier this year, websites of Home, Defence, Law and Labour Ministries went down in a suspected cyber attack, raising a serious question on the security system of the country. In January this year, according to an NDTV report, Pakistan-based operatives had hacked the website of National Security Guard and had used anti-India content and comments against the Prime Minister.

(With inputs from ANI)

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