New Delhi: A hacking group said it attacked the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) website, accusing the company of censoring content on the Internet.
The corporate website of MTNL, which caters to the major Indian cities of New Delhi and Mumbai, was down for at least six hours. A post on hacking group Anonymous India's blog said the company was attacked because it had blocked several file sharing websites.
But MTNL officials denied any knowledge of an attack.
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“Online Hacker Group” Anonymous continued its protest against internet censorship for a third day on Saturday, recently they take down the website of the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).
Operational since 2004, CERT-In is the national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents as and when they occur. The website () was still down till reports last came in.
"We aren't harming the websites or changing their content. This is a silent protest," said Anonymous told TOI.
MUMBAI: Online hacker group Anonymous targeted websites of the Supreme Court of India and the All India Congress Committee on Thursday to protest Internet censorship.
Anonymous launched Operation India with atweet that said, "Namaste #India, your time has come to trash the current government and install a new one. Good luck."
NEW DELHI: The battle against online piracy, for long an obsession of the music and film industries in the West, reached India on Thursday, triggering outrage in cyberspace after millions of Internet users found their favorite file-sharing websites blocked.
Popular websites such as Vimeo.com, Dailymotion.com, Torrentz.eu and Piratebay.com, which allow sharing of digital content such as music, games and films, were inaccessible for many users of Internet service providers (ISP) such as Airtel, MTNL and Reliance Communications.
Dell is expected to reach an agreement to buy network security software maker Quest Software as soon as this weekend after a previous deal fell apart, several people familiar with the matter said.
Dell is planning to offer between $23 and $26 per share to buy the enterprise systems management software maker, two sources told Reuters on condition of anonymity because the discussions were not public.
The previous deal fell apart after investors sent Dell's shares down 17 per cent on Wednesday when the company reported a disappointing revenue forecast.