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hackers had hacked 21 websites of the Andhra Pradesh state government

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hackers had hacked 21 websites of the Andhra Pradesh state government DeccanHerald Hyderabad, Feb 17, 2012: The some hackers had hacked 21 websites of the Andhra Pradesh state government on Thursday. The development caused panic in the official circles as it came a day before the presentation of the annual budget in the state Assembly. hackers had hacked 21 websites of the Andhra Pradesh state government However, Finance Minister A Ramanarayana Reddy, who is to present his maiden Budget on Friday, said that the state Budget portal was untouched. The hackers did not deface the home pages of the departmental websites but added additional pages with their messages indicating that the cyber intruders were not radical hackers and that their intention was not to steal any information. It was just a case of hackers trying to demonstrate their capabilities, the officials said. The hacked websites belonged to major government departments such as Gazette notifications, gove