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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (3046)	10/16/1998 3:50:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 12475

Hackers attack Indian Army Website. Hackers invade India army site By Reuters Special to CNET News.com October 16, 1998, 9:40 a.m. PT NEW DELHI--India said today that hackers had hijacked an army Web site set up two months ago to present New Delhi's stand on the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir. "The hackers managed to change the parameters of the site and hence the visitors could be diverted to a different server," the government said in a statement, adding that the problem was being corrected and lockout systems being installed. The capture of the Web site was reported in Indian newspapers today as senior Pakistani and Indian officials met in Islamabad to resume a peace dialogue that broke down last year amid acrimony over Kashmir. The government said that the army Web site had been launched on August 18 to provide factual information about daily events in the Kashmir Valley. "The site had become extremely popular and thousands of visitors were visiting the site every day," it said. "This popularity was hurting the interests of our adversaries." Under the hackers' control, the title page of the Web site was overwritten with the words "Stop the Indians" and "Save Kashmir." In the center, an Indian flag and Indian government insignia had been partially obliterated by a cross inside a circle. Photographs showing Kashmiri militants allegedly killed by Indian forces were posted on other pages of the site under headings such as "massacre," "torture," "extra-judicial execution," and "the agony of crackdown." Nearly a dozen separatist groups are battling for Kashmir's independence or merger with neighboring Pakistan. India, which controls two-thirds of the territory, accuses Pakistan of arming and training the separatist guerrillas. Pakistan, which rules the rest, says it only provides political and diplomatic support. news.com