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"Sun" Site Hit, Claim the Hackers
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 22:40 IST
Bangalore: A group of computer hackers has claimed to have hacked the News International owned The Sun's website. Hackers have reportedly hit the U.K. tabloid owned by News Corporation on Monday, posting a fake story that reported Rupert Murdoch, the company's Chairman and Chief Executive, had been found dead just a day before he is to appear in parliament.
The Lulz Security took credit for the digital graffiti and said on its Twitter feed that it was a part of "Murdoch Meltdown Monday." The group had previously claimed to have broken into websites of Sony Corporation, the U.S. Senate and affiliates of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The group is also said to have tried hard to crack other websites run by News International, News Corporations' U.K. division. However, the notorious hacking group's constant struggle to reach the website of The Times, a News International paper as well as News International's home page, were doomed.
A News Corporation spokeswomen asserted "We are aware and our technical teams are working on it."
The hacking took place a day before Rupert Murdoch and his son, James were expected to appear before Britain's parliament on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, to answer questions about an expanding phone-hacking slanders, which involves employees of another News Corporation newspaper and are alleged to have hacked into cell phone voice mail of celebrities and politicians.
The aspersion has forced News Corporation to close one publication, the News of the World, and the resignation of two top executives was proposed. It has also forced the company to discard its bid to take full control of pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC.
