Dubai eGovernment foils hacking attempts on government websites

[PhilipShore]

AME Info (press release), United Arab Emirates
http://www.ameinfo.com/112132.html

Dubai eGovernment, a pioneering initiative in the region to provide online services, has announced that it has successfully foiled an attempt by hackers to corrupt data and impair some government websites that it hosts.

"As part of our adherence to transparency, Dubai eGovernment is announcing that we have stopped a hacking attack by unscrupulous individuals. We have yet to ascertain the identities of the hackers and the exact location of their operation, but we have generated significant leads that will ultimately lead us to the persons behind this act. The hackers have attacked some of the Dubai eGovernment's sites on eHost, which has caused malfunction to some of the services and loss of data. We have taken immediate action by disabling the hacked sites and mobilizing our security team and technical partners, eHosting Datafort to fix the problem. We have also checked other sites and guarantee that they are safe and secure from future attacks. Within a short time, our teams were able to recover all the files that were lost and restore all programmes that were affected," said Salem Al Shair, eServices Director, Dubai eGovernment.