LulzSec claimed responsibility for disabling the CIA’s public website Wednesday, the latest in a string of apparent intrusions by the hacker group.
“Tango down — cia.gov — for the lulz,” the group tweeted from its Twitter account, @LulzSec.
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The Senate sergeant at arms disclosed on Monday that an intruder had gained unauthorized access to the server that supports the Senate’s public website. The admission came after LulzSec claimed earlier in the day that it broke into the Senate’s website.
As evidence, the group — whose full name is Lulz Security — posted internal data on its website that it said it procured from Senate.gov. The breach was described by the office as “inconvenient” because the intruder did not break into the Senate’s computer network.
LulzSec has criticized the federal government for having weak security on its websites. The group has gained attention in recent months after claiming responsibility for the recent hacker attack on PBS’s servers and for attacks on Fox.com and Sony earlier this year.
It’s unlikely that classified information would reside on the CIA public website.
“Tango down — cia.gov — for the lulz,” the group tweeted from its Twitter account, @LulzSec.
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The CIA’s website would not load or was slow to load on Wednesday, but a CIA official had little to say about what happened
“We are looking into these reports,” agency spokesperson Jennifer Youngblood told POLITICO.The Senate sergeant at arms disclosed on Monday that an intruder had gained unauthorized access to the server that supports the Senate’s public website. The admission came after LulzSec claimed earlier in the day that it broke into the Senate’s website.
As evidence, the group — whose full name is Lulz Security — posted internal data on its website that it said it procured from Senate.gov. The breach was described by the office as “inconvenient” because the intruder did not break into the Senate’s computer network.
LulzSec has criticized the federal government for having weak security on its websites. The group has gained attention in recent months after claiming responsibility for the recent hacker attack on PBS’s servers and for attacks on Fox.com and Sony earlier this year.
It’s unlikely that classified information would reside on the CIA public website.
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