Wednesday, June 15, 2011

CIA Website Taken Down By A Cyberattack


Hackers Claim To Sting CIA Website, Attack Senate Site Again -- Techland/Time

Notorious hacker group LulzSec isn't pulling punches—it now claims to have taken down the CIA's website just today, Wednesday afternoon.

"Tango down - cia.gov - for the lulz," the group wrote on its official Twitter feed just after 6pm ET.

And again, shortly thereafter: "Lulz Security, where the entertainment is always at your expense, whether you realize it or not. Wrecking your infrastructures since 2011."

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More News On Today's Hacker Attack Against The CIA

CIA website down temporarily; LulzSec takes credit for the hack [Updated] -- L.A. Times
Hackers say they hit CIA website -- AP
Hackers say attacked CIA site, service disrupted -- Reuters
Hacking group LulzSec says it takes out CIA website -- MSNBC
Hackers take down CIA website -- Washington Times
Hackers take down CIA website, break into Senate site -- CBS News
Hacking Group Says It Brought Down C.I.A. Site -- New York Times
Hacker group's latest target: CIA -- Politico
CIA Web site down; LulzSec claims responsibility -- CNET
LulzSec Claims It Shut Down the CIA's Web Site -- The Atlantic
Hackers apparently hit CIA site -- USA Today
Now they've done it: Lulzsec hackers take down the CIA -- Dvice
What is LulzSec? -- Christian Science Monitor

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