Amenjo
20th June 2011, 17:08
Hacking group Lulz Security claims to have taken offline the website of the UK Serious Organised Crime agency (Soca).
Www.soca.gov.uk was unavailable on Monday afternoon, with an intermittent service restored later in the day.
As the agency launched an investigation, LulzSec tweeted: "Tango down - in the name of #AntiSec".
The group has been responsible for a number of high-profile web attacks, hitting the CIA and US Senate.
Soca appeared to be the victim of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, where a number of computers, under malicious control, overload their target with web requests.
A later LulzSec twitter posting seemed to confirm that.
"DDoS is of course our least powerful and most abundant ammunition. Government hacking is taking place right now behind the scenes," it said.
Over the weekend, the shadowy group declared that it would begin targeting government systems, calling the campaign Antisec.
In an online posting, LulzSec set out its agenda: "Top priority is to steal and leak any classified government information, including e-mail spools and documentation. Prime targets are banks and other high-ranking establishments."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13848510
Looks like disclosure is going to happen wether they like it or not!
Love and Truth,
Amenjo
Www.soca.gov.uk was unavailable on Monday afternoon, with an intermittent service restored later in the day.
As the agency launched an investigation, LulzSec tweeted: "Tango down - in the name of #AntiSec".
The group has been responsible for a number of high-profile web attacks, hitting the CIA and US Senate.
Soca appeared to be the victim of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, where a number of computers, under malicious control, overload their target with web requests.
A later LulzSec twitter posting seemed to confirm that.
"DDoS is of course our least powerful and most abundant ammunition. Government hacking is taking place right now behind the scenes," it said.
Over the weekend, the shadowy group declared that it would begin targeting government systems, calling the campaign Antisec.
In an online posting, LulzSec set out its agenda: "Top priority is to steal and leak any classified government information, including e-mail spools and documentation. Prime targets are banks and other high-ranking establishments."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13848510
Looks like disclosure is going to happen wether they like it or not!
Love and Truth,
Amenjo