Websites for two News Corp newspapers, theSunand theTimes, have suffered an Internet attack.
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Lulz Security hacker group has attacked the website of the Rupert Murdoch owned Sun newspaper.
Websites owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News International were down early Tuesday after the Lulz Security hacker group replaced The Sun’s online version with a fake story pronouncing the mogul’s death.
Lulz Security cyber assault tops The Sun’s website with a fictional story of the media mogul’s death.
A group of computer hackers calling themselves Lulz Security tamper with the website of News International-owned the Sun’s website.
As of about 6:30 p.m. New York time, visitors to the Sun’s home page at thesun.co.uk were redirected to the Twitter feed for Lulz Security, or LulzSec, a hacking collective that said it had disbanded late last month. The rerouting has since stopped, and the Sun’s Web page was down after 9 p.m.
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Lulz Security hacker group has attacked the website of the Rupert Murdoch owned Sun newspaper, replacing the online version with a fake story pronouncing the mogul’s death.
LULZ Security hacker group has attacked the website of the Rupert Murdoch owned Sun newspaper, replacing the online version with a fake story pronouncing the mogul’s death.
Lulz Security has previously claimed hacks on major entertainment companies, FBI partner organizations and the CIA.