Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) spokesperson Ashref Ismail says the recent breach of the Aarto Web site was picked up early enough, before any damage could be caused.
The Aarto site is the latest government Web site to fall victim to hacking, after it was breached by a hacker going by the name of rEd X, two weeks ago.
"We do not know exactly what the hacker's intention was," says Ismail. "Our service provider, Tasima, has taken the necessary measures to strengthen our [Web site] security to prevent this from happening again."
The hacker defaced the Aarto Web site with a message, saying: "Proud to be a Bangladeshi hacker. Dear ADMIN secure your site!" (sic)
According to ehackingnews.com, in August last year, rEd X was responsible for the hacking of at least 80 Web sites, with another 60 Indian Web sites hacked in October.
Ismail says government will do everything in its power to ensure the hacker is identified and prosecuted.
Aarto is one of four government Web sites that have been breached by hackers, alongside the respective Web sites of the Department of Social Development, The Presidential National Commission and the National Population Unit.
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