Hacktivist group Anonymous India on Saturday claimed to have attacked the website of government's Computer Emergency Response Team.
NEW DELHI: Hours ahead of its planned protest against alleged incidents of internet censorship in India, hacker collectiveAnonymous has attacked and brought down the website run by CERT-IN, the country's premier agency dealing with cyber security contingencies. The group has planned street protests in 16 cities later in the evening. In Delhi the protests will be held at Jantar Mantar.
"We will keep attacking http://cert-in.org.in and http://india.gov.in ! #GOI, ready to face ups and downs?" the hackers said using Twitter account @opindia_revenge. They are apparently using distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack to overwhelm the servers on which the CertIndia website is hosted.
The Anonymous India is aided by Anonymous UK that tweeted: "#TangoDown http://cert-in.org.in #OpIndia want it down all day xD."
Around three weeks ago, Anonymous had called for protest against web censorship after internet service providers (ISPs) in India blocked several websites on the basis of an order against web piracy by a Madras high court. Though the order did not explicitly demand blocking of websites, ISPs allegedly played it safe. In the beginning, Anonymous attacked several government and ISP websites. But later it called for protests in real world, asking people to speak out against web censorship and the IT rules that were framed last year.
The planned protests are in some ways modeled on the Occupy Wall Street, which was supported by Anonymous. The group has gathered support for its cause on the web using Twitter and Facebook to reach out to people and asking them to organize protests in their respective cities. It has asked protesters to wear the Guy Fawkes mask, which was made famous by Hollywood Film V For Vendetta and in the recent years has been adopted by Anonymous as its symbol.
A hacker who goes by the name of Isaac and who is allegedly a part of Anonymous said on Twitter, "Today we tell them we will not we oppressed, Today we will let them know we will not be silenced, Today we Protest!"
Last night, the group said on twitter that protests have to be peaceful. "#india --> Tomorrow we stand for our rights. We stand to free internet. To #stopCensorship. Do not be afraid. Keep calm. No violence," it tweeted.
Also in a message at PasteHTML.com, the group said, "Anonymous is completely apolitical collective of free thinkers". It said that if any politician wants to join the protests he can do so "as a common man fighting for free internet, fighting for free speech".
"We will keep attacking http://cert-in.org.in and http://india.gov.in ! #GOI, ready to face ups and downs?" the hackers said using Twitter account @opindia_revenge. They are apparently using distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack to overwhelm the servers on which the CertIndia website is hosted.
The Anonymous India is aided by Anonymous UK that tweeted: "#TangoDown http://cert-in.org.in #OpIndia want it down all day xD."
Around three weeks ago, Anonymous had called for protest against web censorship after internet service providers (ISPs) in India blocked several websites on the basis of an order against web piracy by a Madras high court. Though the order did not explicitly demand blocking of websites, ISPs allegedly played it safe. In the beginning, Anonymous attacked several government and ISP websites. But later it called for protests in real world, asking people to speak out against web censorship and the IT rules that were framed last year.
The planned protests are in some ways modeled on the Occupy Wall Street, which was supported by Anonymous. The group has gathered support for its cause on the web using Twitter and Facebook to reach out to people and asking them to organize protests in their respective cities. It has asked protesters to wear the Guy Fawkes mask, which was made famous by Hollywood Film V For Vendetta and in the recent years has been adopted by Anonymous as its symbol.
A hacker who goes by the name of Isaac and who is allegedly a part of Anonymous said on Twitter, "Today we tell them we will not we oppressed, Today we will let them know we will not be silenced, Today we Protest!"
Last night, the group said on twitter that protests have to be peaceful. "#india --> Tomorrow we stand for our rights. We stand to free internet. To #stopCensorship. Do not be afraid. Keep calm. No violence," it tweeted.
Also in a message at PasteHTML.com, the group said, "Anonymous is completely apolitical collective of free thinkers". It said that if any politician wants to join the protests he can do so "as a common man fighting for free internet, fighting for free speech".
