Hackers take down UPSC website

UPSC website hacked on late Monday night; restored later

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) website was hacked late last night. The hackers, put up an image of a an injured Doraemon – popular Japanese cartoon character.

The image contained two lines: “Doraemon!!!!!!! Pick up the Call” on the top and “I. M. STEWPEED” below. The ‘Doraemon’ title song in Hindi played in the background. Many users took to social networking site Twitter believing the site to be down, however it was soon realized that the site had been hacked. The website was restored in the morning. But later, the website was down due to maintenance .