The Sun, the Times and the News International websites were the subject of a co-ordinated hacking attack last night, resulting in the Sun‘s website redirecting viewers to a spoof story of Rupert Murdoch’s suicide.

Lulz Security – or LulzSec as it is known on Twitter – the anonymous team that was responsible for attacks on Sony and Fox.com earlier in the year, claimed responsibility for the hacks which included making the News International website (and later the Sun) redirect to the LulzSec twitter account.

LulzSec also obtained the private details of Sun staff and executives, including mobile phone numbers and email account details, some of which were published on the group’s Twitter account.

A separate series of attacks carried out by OpBritain – an offshoot of internet freedom campaigners Anonymous – hit the Times‘ website around the same time, bringing it down.

LulzSec seems unconcerned with any possible repercussions of its actions. On Twitter it stated: “Arrest us. We dare you. We are the unstoppable hacking generation and you are a wasted old sack of shit, Murdoch. ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER!”

(Source: Press Gazette)

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