Atul Dwivedi, an Indian techie has hacked the Royal Australian Air Force website and posted a message asking Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Government to take all steps to stop racist attacks against Indian students. Australia’s Department of Defence has said the website was hacked between Monday and Tuesday but did not elaborate on the issue.

Atul Dwivedi posted this message on the Royal Austrailan Air force website – “This site has been hacked by Atul Dwivedi. This is a warning message to the Australian government. Immediately take all measures to stop racist attacks against Indian students in Australia or else I will pawn all your cyber properties like this one”.

The department kept the entire RAAF website offline and replaced it with a page explaining that there had been “technical difficulties”. The site has now been restored.