Hacker group Anonymous is once again in limelight, as it targets the
official website of Union minister Kapil Sibal. According to reports,
Sibal's website, www.kapilsibalmp.com, was displaying a message – 'the
website has been hacked by Anonymous #OpIndia'. However, the website
looks like has been restored now.
Claiming the responsibility of hacking Sibal's website, Anonymous on its Twitter account
said: "He (Sibal) had used the words 'Victims of freedom of
Expression'. He is hiding the fact that #66A is breaking the internet
media."
Claiming the responsibility of hacking Sibal's website, Anonymous on its Twitter account
said: "He (Sibal) had used the words 'Victims of freedom of
Expression'. He is hiding the fact that #66A is breaking the internet
media." | ||
| Sibal's site earlier displayed: 'Welcome to the website of www.kapilsibalmp.com This website is currently... Under Maintenance' |
Anonymous' latest campaign is against
the controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000,
under which recently two girls were arrested in Maharashtra
for posting anti-Bal Thackery status on Facebook. There have been
similar incidents in West Bengal and Puducherry. There's been a lot of
discussions across the country on the alleged misuse of the Section 66 A
by the police and on the need of clearer guidelines that ensure freedom
of expression guaranteed by the Constitution of India.
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| Anonymous slams Sibal over the Section 66 A of IT Act |
Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to scrap the Section 66A, the Supreme Court of India today issued notices to the Central government as well as four states, including Maharashtra, West Bengal, Puducherry and Delhi.
The court observed that the Section 66A
of IT Act deals with punishment for sending offensive messages through
communication service...which cause annoyance, inconvenience, danger,
obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred or
ill will.
It's not the first time Anonymous has tried to attack the government sites to safeguard the 'Internet freedom'. The hacker group recently took down several government sites
including those of to oppose ISP's move to block the file-sharing and
streaming websites such as The PirateBay, Vimeo, Torrentz.eu,
KickAssTorrents.com, and BitSnoop.com. Anonymous withdrew its protests
after Madras High Court ruled that the ISPs should not block entire websites to preventing a single piece of pirated content to be shared online.
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