29 May 2012

From virtual world, hacktivism spills into real world

After showing their displeasure over blocking of websites by the government by breaking into official websites of various government and private organisations, hacking group ‘Anonymous’ is now taking to the streets to protest against the move.The hacker group is now planning to hold peaceful protests across the country on June 9...... 

Cities like Mumbai, Indore, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Calicut, Cochin, Bangalore and Hyderabad among others have featured on the group’s tweets as locations for the peaceful protests. The group has also posted directives for a peaceful demonstration on their Twitter page........

With Indian ISPs blocking video-sharing and music-sharing sites, hacker groups are upping their ante against Indian websites. From private to government websites, the hackers are not leaving any stone unturned to mark their protests against the recent government’s decision to block certain websites.

The threat is so prominent that the Computer Emergency Response Team India (CERT-In) has now come out with a warning to the government and private organisations about the threat from the hackers...............

Earlier this month, access to file-sharing websites, like ThePirateBay and Vimeo was blocked by Indian ISPs. In protest, ‘Anonymous’ have hacked into a number of websites, including the official websites of the SC, BJP and Reliance........

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