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Alarm as hackers take down crucial State websites

Attacks, including one on the crucial State’s IFMIS payments system, raise questions on the security of key public data.

The Government’s central payments database and 27 other websites of State agencies remained offline for several hours yesterday after hackers compromised their systems.

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