June 9 date set by anonymous for Occupy Protest in India

Occupy protest

Protests over blocking of websites are likely to become strident with hacktivist group Anonymous planning demonstrations in 11 cities on June 9 for restoring internet freedom. The group had targeted government sites and corporate websites after several file and link sharing sites were blocked by authorities and internet service providers (ISPs) recently.

Soon, it announced 'occupy' protests in various cities on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. The FB pages of the 'occupy' protests and Twitter pages of Anonymous are gaining support from netizens with many signing up to reach venues wearing Guy Fawkes masks. "Internet is the only free media we have. Censoring it will mean that free speech is not possible any more," a message given by anonymous on a recently hacked website


If the curbs on internet are not lifted, there will be more attacks on government sites, the group said. "Most of them will be internet-based, but we will protest on the ground if need be," said another member. Just like the 'occupy movement' in the US, which started as 'Occupy Wall Street' and then spread to more than 20 locations, this could also become bigger if the curbs are not lifted, the member said.

Emphasising that the protests will be peaceful and no harm will be done to public, the group said that they targeted the website of Trinamool Congress recently because a professor was arrested for sharing a cartoon on Mamata Banerjee(senior political minister). "A democratic government doesn't have to fear us," a member said. "We are protesting to show that people can unite without anything in common and move towards a common cause," they said. As for their identity, another member said: "We do not have a country, a face, a name or even an identity. We represent only our cause."

Asked if they fear a crackdown by the authorities, the group said, "They can't stop the protests. Peaceful protest is our fundamental right. Their reaction is always for their benefit, they don't take any action for the people. If they fear us, they will try their best." Protests will be held in Mumbai, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Indore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kochi, Kozhikode, Nagpur and Pune. Chennai and a city in Uttar Pradesh are likely to join.




Recently hacked govt. website with the protest details:-
http://www.aitmc.org/

Anonymous back with new twitter account

Anonymous's group account was suspended but they are back with a new account :-
https://twitter.com/#!/opindia_back

A series of hacking attempts are ongoing in Indian govt. websites and the govt. stays mum.

A hacked govt. website

June 9 date set for physical protest in Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore , Chandigarh ,etc.

physical protest...would it make a difference on the silent govt.???

Anonymous hacks BJP(Indian political party) websites, wants people to protest against 'web censorship'!

A day after messing with servers maintained by Reliance Communications, Anonymous, an international hacker collective, defaced two websites belonging to BJP on Sunday. Through its Twitter account (@opindia_back) it announced thatwww.mumbaibjp.org andwww.bjpmp.org.in were hacked by the group. After the hacking, the group posted a message to web users, asking them to organize protests against "web censorship" in India on June 9.


While the message was displayed on the homepage of www.mumbaibjp.org, onwww.bjpmp.org.in it was inserted as a page atbjpmp.org.in/ads/anon.html. On Mumbai BJP website the message was accompanied by a catchy tune embedded through a YouTube link.

Guy Fawkes masks

"Today they took away your right to use a few websites... day after tomorrow they will take away your freedom of speech and no one will be there to speak for you. Speak Now or Never," the message read. The hackers said that people should print out or buy Guy Fawkes Masks and wear them while protesting against web censorship in Bangalore, Mangalore, Kochi, Chennai, Vizag, Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad on June 9.


The Ion, who is likely a part of Anonymous and who uses @ProHaxor alias on Twitter, added, "BJP are the opposition they should have stopped this or should have organised a protest they did not do any."


Incidentally, CERT-IN, the nodal agency in India for monitoring security and hacking incidents within the country's cyberspace, said in a report on Sunday that hackers are targeting Indian websites. "It is observed that some hacker groups are launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on websites of government and private organizations in India," the report said and asked network administrators to keep vigil.


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Anonymous hackers target social sites on Indian ISP's

Hacker group Anonymous OpIndia attacked ISP (Internet Service Provider)Reliance Communications on Friday night and Saturday. Users of the service who tried to access popular websites like Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and G mail instead saw a message from anonymous hackers announcing their protest against their "freedom being taken away".


The attack on Reliance Communications was triggered when Anonymous found its Twitter account had been blocked.

Anonymous V/S Indian govt.

Among other things, the message displayed to Reliance users said, "We tried to do a slow, non-violent protest and government decided to cover our mouths. We will not sit idle while our freedom is taken away. When we started to speak the truth, the government of India forced our online Twitter account @Opindia_revenge to be suspended".


The message went on to attack private organizations, the government, opposition parties as well as and the media. However, it also had links to redirect users to the site they were trying to access. Releasing admin logs from servers they hacked at http://pastehtml.com/view/bz8kycy0o.html, Anonymous OpIndia alleged that Reliance had blocked certain web pages, including the Facebook pages of staff protesting against Air India.


"We have investigated the matter and confirm that all R-Com servers and websites are intact and have required preventive measures in place for intrusions," said a Reliance Communications spokesperson. 

Anonymous OpIndia also issued an ultimatum to the government to unblock all file-sharing websites as well as any other website that might have been restricted by ISPs and the government. The group has set up a Facebook page titled 'Occupy India #protest for internet freedom (File Sharing Websites Blocked)', which calls for a physical protest next month.

A revolution?......