NEW DELHI: Hackers broke into the officialwebsite of India's ruling Congress party Friday and defaced the profile page of party presidentSonia Gandhi with a pornographic message.
The attack coincided with Gandhi's 65th birthday and came just days after the Indian government pledged a crackdown on "unacceptable" internet content, that included faked naked pictures of the Congress leader.
The pornographic text included a reference to a Pakistan-based email address, but did not otherwise identify the hackers.
Earlier this week, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal pledged a crackdown on "unacceptable" online content, saying Internet giants such as Google, Yahoo! and Facebook had ignored India's demands to screen images and data before they are uploaded.
He highlighted examples of faked pictures of naked politicians, including Sonia Gandhi, and other images and social network pages that he said could inflame religious tensions.
Official Indian websites have been repeatedly hacked in the past. Last year, a group who identified themselves as the " Pakistan Cyber Army" hacked the website of the country's top police agency.
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