London, July 19 (ANI): The hacker group Lulz Security has reportedly brought down the Sun's website and redirected viewers to a fake news story claiming Rupert Murdoch had been found dead at his home.
The group took credit for the attack on Twitter, saying, 'We have owned Sun/News of the World.'
Viewers of the tabloid website were redirected to a mocked up news story with the headline 'Media moguls body discovered [sic]'.
"Murdoch, aged 80, has said to have ingested a large quantity of palladium before stumbling into his famous topiary garden late last night, passing out in the early hours of the morning," it added.
On Twitter, LulzSec also claimed to have hacked into News International email accounts and began posting what appeared to be passwords to individual email addresses as well as mobile numbers for editorial staff, Fox News reports.
One tweet mentioned a Sun email address for Rebekah Wade, the unmarried name of Rebekah Brooks, News International's chief executive.
The group is believed to have been responsible for bringing down the websites of the CIA, the US Senate and Britain's Serious and Organized Crime Agency. (ANI)
|
|
Read More: Orga
Comments:
