Hackers shut down India telecom operator's website

New Delhi, June 6 : A hacking group said it attacked the website of an Indian state-owned telecommunications provider on Wednesday, accusing the company of censoring content on the Internet. A post on hacking group Anonymous India's blog said the company was attacked because it had blocked several file sharing websites.But company officials denied any knowledge of an attack.“We have individual websites for Delhi and Mumbai. The association's president, Rajesh Chharia, denied an attack had occurred.The Indian hacker group is a spinoff of Anonymous, an amorphous group of activists, hackers and pranksters whose past targets have included Visa and MasterCard.Anonymous cut its teeth with attacks on the music industry and the Church of Scientology but has lately turned its focus to law enforcement, intelligence and military-related sites.The claimed hacks this week come just days after an online press conference at which Anonymous announced the launch of “Operation India,” a protest movement against Internet censorship. The movement, modeled on the lines of the Occupy Wall Street protests, is meant to be spread across 19 cities in India, starting June 9.In recent months, the group has targeted several Indian websites, ranging from those of government agencies and political parties to private ISPs and other corporate groups.