Hacker group Anonymous Operation India (AnonOps India), defaced the online magazine of the Indian Youth Congress -- Yuvadesh.com, reports DNA. The group voiced its support for India Against Corruption and protests against alleged internet censorship by the Indian government, on Twitter, following the attack. YuvaDesh.in - Magazine of Indian Youth Congress, Defaced. We call for #Occupy movement. Read the deface page. Be your own leader. — AnonOpsIndia (@opindia_revenge) August 26, 2012 However, the website was restored within a few hours. The group also released a statement stating that any activity against corruption will gain their support as long as it does not have any political colour to it. @iacmumbai Any anti-corruption movement will have our backing as long as we feel it has no political phase to it. #ThisSunday Call the youth — AnonOpsIndia (@opindia_revenge) August 26, 2012 This comes after police denied members of IAC (Team Anna) the permission for a Dharna at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. For the same Anonymous OpIndia seems to have started the #OccupyIndia campaign where it has asked Indians to join the non-cooperation, Civil disobedience, Non-Violent movement in protest against the government. The hacker group has suggested ways to protest, locations to carry out the protest, and safety measures on its #OccupyIndia plan of action page. We believe that the hacker group had rather stayed quiet as it seemed to have taken a different approach of late, which is more focused on making information public, instead of taking down sites (Read: Takedowns can be counterproductive). With the Yuvadesh.com's defacement,…
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