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The Indian arm of Anonymous is planning what it describes as non-violent protests against Internet censorship in various Indian cities, after someInternet service providers blocked file-sharing sites in thecountry. The protests, planned for June 9 , follow a court order in March directed at ISPs, meant to preventa newly released local movie from being offered in a piratedversion online. Some ISPs went ahead and blocked some file-sharingsites altogether, rather than the offending URLs. One such ISP, Reliance Communications, found its service was tinkered with last week, redirecting its users from sites like Facebook andTwitter to a protest page, according to reports from users. Thehackers also claimed to have attacked the website and servers ofReliance, and claimed to have got access to a large list of URLsblocked by the company. Reliance Communications said on Monday it had thoroughlyinvestigated the matter and all its servers and websites areintact. "We have required preventive measures and strongestpossible IT security layers in place to tackle any unwarrantedintrusions," the company said in a statement. "Despite repeatedattempts by hackers, our servers could not be hacked." The hackers also claimed to have attacked websites of the BharatiyaJanata Party, the main opposition party in the country, afterhaving previously launched DDoS (distributed denial of service)attacks on various websites including that of the Indian centralbank, Reserve Bank of India. Anonymous was active in India last year, when it attacked thewebsite of the Indian army. It quickly reversed its decision to attack the site and kept a low profile after drawing protests from some of its ownmembers. Anonymous is asking supporters to download and print cut-outs ofthe Guy Fawkes mask, used by the hacker group as a logo, to be wornduring the anti-censorship street protests. The group's protests are also directed at India's InformationTechnology Act, which among other things allows the government toblock websites under certain conditions, and also allows theremoval of online content by notice to ISPs. The government is inthe process of framing rules that will put curbs on freedom onsocial media, Anonymous said in a recent video , presumably a reference to demands by the government that Internetcompanies should have a mechanism in place to filter objectionablecontent, including content that mocks religious figures. India's Computer Emergency Response Team observed last week thathacker groups are launching DDoS attacks on government and privatewebsites. These attacks may be targeted at different websites ofreputed organizations, the agency said in an advisory. The attacksare being launched using popular DDoS tools and can consumebandwidth requiring appropriate proactive action in coordinationwith service providers, it added. John Ribeiro covers outsourcing and general technology breakingnews from India for The IDG News Service. Follow John on Twitter at @Johnribeiro . John's e-mail address is john_ribeiro@idg.com. I am an expert from watersoluble-fertilizer.com, while we provides the quality product, such as China Cotton Meal Fertilizer , Fertilizers for Wheat, Grape Vine Fertilizer,and more.
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