00:03 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nA group of computer hackers has tampered with the website of News International-owned The Sun’s website.<\/p>\n
At first, readers were redirected to a hoax story which said Rupert Murdoch had been found dead in his garden.<\/p>\n
A group of hackers called Lulz Security, which has previously targeted companies including Sony, claimed responsibility via Twitter.<\/p>\n
Visitors to the Sun website were then redirected to the group’s Twitter page, before News International took it down.<\/p>\n
News International said it was “aware” of what was happening but made no further comment.<\/p>\n
Readers trying to access thesun.co.uk were taken to new-times.co.uk and a story entitled “Media mogul’s body discovered”.<\/p>\n
It suggested that Mr Murdoch had been found after he had “ingested a large quantity of palladium”.<\/p>\n
After that site stopped working, The Sun’s address was re-directing to LulzSec’s Twitter account, which claimed to be displaying “hacked internal Sun staff data” in one entry.<\/p>\n
Disbanding<\/span><\/p>\nBBC technology reporter Iain MacKenzie said the attack on the Sun website was in line with LulzSec’s “hacktivist” ethos, with the combination of a mischief-making news story, and a target that is seen as being involved in corporate wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
He said: “Clearly this is not the most significant development in the scandal currently engulfing News International. But the turning of the hacking tables is, at least, curiously ironic sideshow.”<\/p>\n
Last month the hacking group announced it was disbanding.<\/p>\n
Lulz Security made its announcement through its Twitter account, giving no reason for its decision.<\/p>\n
A statement published on a file-sharing website said that its “planned 50-day cruise has expired”.<\/p>\n
The group leapt to prominence by carrying out attacks on companies such as Sony and Nintendo.<\/p>\n
Broadcasters Fox and PBS, the CIA, and the United States Senate have also been cyber-attacked by the group.<\/p>\n
As a parting shot, the group released a selection of documents apparently including confidential material taken from the Arizona police department and US telecoms giant AT&T.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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