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Around 50 sites were hijacked to display ads for online gambling.

India.- The tech news site TechCrunch has reported that nearly 50 government websites including sites belonging to the state governments of Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Mizoram, and Telangana had been hacked to display ads for online gambling. Sites affected included those belonging to state police and property tax departments.

TechCrunch alerted Indias Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). Its unclear how the ads were placed on government pages, how long they were there or whether the issue has been fixed. This isnt the first such report. In February,it was reported that over 300 Indian government websites had been hackedto display ads promoting online gaming and cricket betting.

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Meanwhile, theMinistryofInformationandBroadcastinghaswarned social media influencers andonlineadvertisersagainst promoting offshore online gambling and betting platforms. It has warned online advertising intermediaries not to target Indian audiences with gambling-related promotional content and called on social media intermediaries to discourage users from publishing such content.

Non-compliance with the advisory may result in actions under the Consumer ProtectionAct,2019, including removal of social media posts or accounts and fines.

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