Indian income tax agency patched a security flaw that would’ve allowed hackers to take over its site

Indian income tax agency patched a security flaw that would’ve allowed hackers to take over its site

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India’s income tax department patched a bug on its website last week, that allowed attackers to gain control of the site. Thankfully, there was no loss of data.

Security researcher Dhiraj Mishra discovered the vulnerability, and informed CERT-In, the country’s nodal agency to deal with cybersecurity threats. The agency acknowledged the bug and it was patched silently.