The Delhi Police's action against Baba Ramdev's anti corruption campaign appears to have irked one of the most feared online groups of hackers: Last night, Anonymous, a global, anarchic collective of online activists (rather, hacktivists), hacked the website of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) last night, according to reports on The Hacker News. When MediaNama checked the NIC website last night, it was down for maintenance, and the message published by Anonymous had been removed. The message, as reported by THN, stated "Greetings! .We exist without nationality.. We exist with humanity .NIC took 3 ins, .This time we talk to the government - On NIC Homepage and Sub-Domains. .There is no use securing. There is no use of spending on forensic. .Get this message clear Mr. Prime Minister and others. .We do not like to talk much and Yes! IT is our world. .Expect us." Defaced Site : http://informatics.nic.in/oldnewsonline/abc.html http://informatics.nic.in/ is still under maintenance. Anonymous announced their plans on Twitter yesterday, and invited participants for its Operation India Against Corruption. Some information on their actions, and the support, is available on their Facebook group, but the plans were hatched on IRC. A public document with the reasons behind their actions, and their demands, is being publicly edited here. If three minutes is all it took Anonymous, it's likely that no government website is safe. Remember that the websites for all Indian government departments are typically set up and run by the National Informatics Centre. Anonymous has particularly come into the limelight…
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