Did Anonymous hack TN police databases?

First it was a high-profile hack attack last Christmas against Stratfor, a Texas-based security firm; next they brought down the website of a much larger prey — the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

While these sophisticated cyber intrusions carried out by Anonymous, the angry rebel “hacktivist” group speaking for the disenchanted American left, may have seemed faraway, they have apparently now struck much closer to home — the confidential databases of the Tamil Nadu police...........

If the database exposed is in fact confirmed to belong to the Tamil Nadu police, the incident may well be an embarrassment of epic proportions for the State government in terms of lax cyber security standards....

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Anonymous India to use RTI in fight against Internet censorship

After a spate of attacks on a number of Indian websites and a ground protest event on June 9, that evoked lukewarm response, hactivist group Anonymous Operation India has chosen the Right to Information Act (RTI) as the latest tool in their battle against Internet censorship.

Anonymous India is urging Indian citizens to file RTI applications to seek information regarding the correspondence of public servants with Google, Facebook or other websites on content censorship. Anonymous India says they will collate the information and use it "in even more powerful ways." But did not venture upon further details.

This phase called 'Operation RTI Engaged' is a part of many initiatives planned by the hacker collective in their effort to force the Government of India rethink its Internet censorship strategy.............

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Beyond Anonymous: Shit people say on Internet piracy

9 June is going to be a big day in India, for all concerned with internet regulation, censorship and the current attacks on file-sharing.

The International Hacker group Anonymous has called for marched protests in 16 Indian cities, to demand a free and open Internet.............

They have already started launching Denial of Service attacks and taking down websites owned by the Indian government to express their displeasure about the recent regulation of the internet....

There are hordes of people who think of them as the NewAge Mutant Ninja Hackers, who are protecting our digital worlds from being clamped down. There are others who paint them as the Big Bad Wolf who huffed and puffed and will blow our houses away...............

You might be sympathetic, suspicious or scared of the emergence of such a ‘crowd vigilante’....................

These are concepts with very material realities that affect our everyday functioning and require not only better policies but also a more nuanced public discourse...............

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Anonymous takes down MTNL website

Anonymous, a hactivists’ conglomeration which is opposing the internet censorship has claimed to have taken down the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) website using the technique of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on Wednesday.

A posting by Anonymous on its webpage claimed that it hit the website ‘mtnl.net.in’ with a massive DDoS attack. Attempts to log onto the website returned pages with error messages saying the requested URL could not be retrieved.

Anonymous has called for non-violent protests across several cities in India on June 9 to protest against what it alleges as ‘censorship’ of the internet. It accused the department of telecom of instructing the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block file-sharing websites unilaterally, while the courts had ordered blocking of certain websites..............

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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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