Murdoch news sites defaced, brought down by hackers

Murdoch news sites defaced, brought down by hackers

LulzSec, the group of hackers that said three weeks ago it was disbanding, claimed credit Monday for defacing Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper website, while an allied group, Anonymous, claimed credit for a denial-of-service attack that brought down the website of The Times, another Murdoch paper. The Sunday Times and News International sites also appeared to be down Monday.

"Tango down," Anonymous said on its Twitter page about The Times. Meanwhile, late Monday, those who went to the Sun's website were redirected to a website that looked like The Sun with a fake story that said Murdoch's body had been found in his garden. Then they were taken to LulzSec's Twitter page, where the group proclaimed:

"TheSun.co.uk now redirects to our twitter feed. Hello, everyone that wanted to visit The Sun!," then followed with a childish jingle: ""We have joy, we have fun, we have messed up Murdoch's Sun."

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