Website of Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of ISRO, antrix.gov.in directed to a web page that posted information about sports merchandise. Notorious Chinese hackers
are said to be the forces behind this hacking attack. However, ISRO officials underplayed the incident and said that the site is being modified and is under construction.
Currently, the website shows “Website is under construction” message and officials are avoiding to call this misdeed a hacking incident. They said that website operators are taking the necessary steps to bring back the site to normal.
Antrix Corporation is a Rs. 1,700-crore Mini Ratna public sector undertaking (PSU) that provides services to broadcasters by marketing communication transponder capacity. Also, Antrix shares Earth imageries globally and PSLV launch services to other governments and customers.
PSLV is a new and emerging player in the global space transportation industry that comprises of players like SpaceX. As mentioned above, this ISRO hacking incident comes just two days after the celebrated five satellite launch.
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