Google India's R&D head Prasad Ram recently announced that its vision for India was to empower users "by providing organised, easily accessible information and products which encourage the creation and consumption of locally relevant content". The IT major's media managers said they were examining the advisory and would respond soon.

An active Indian white hat a hacker who operates in an "ethical or legal" domain on cyber security tasks said while hacking was an ongoing activity, he was not aware of the Google system turning vulnerable. As opposed to white hats, black hats indulge in activity that is criminal in nature while there is also a community of grey hats who, as might seem obvious, stride both fields.

CERTIN claimed that cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities of "high" severity rating -- have been reported in Google. XSS, it said, occurred when a web application gathered malicious data from a user. "The data is usually gathered in the form of a hyperlink which contains malicious content within it. The user will most likely click on this link from another website, instant message, or simply just reading a web board or email message," CERTIN explained.

CERTIN aims to become the "most trusted referral agency of the Indian community" for responding to computer security incidents as and when they occur.