The U.S. Department of Justice website is down this evening. It appears it may have been knocked offline by a hacker. Stay tuned for updates.
Update:
It is unclear whether Anonymous was responsible. Other hackers, some of them linked to Anonymous, are claiming credit:
#anonymous did not take down http://t.co/V8G79t2onz. Credit goes to @ChannelZeroYT and #UnderGods.
— plague doc wubbles (@kadylst) March 18, 2013
This is ChannelZeroYT’s Twitter bio:
The Department of Justice is the chief law enforcement agency for the federal government. If its website is not secure, that is troubling.
Update:
This Twitter user was among the first to tweet about the incident:
https://twitter.com/Havittaja/status/313440352415674368
https://twitter.com/Havittaja/status/313441358088126464
https://twitter.com/Havittaja/status/313437760176414720
https://twitter.com/Havittaja/status/313438119993171968
https://twitter.com/Havittaja/status/313438738535571457
https://twitter.com/Havittaja/status/313455600883363840
https://twitter.com/Havittaja/status/313456033462894592
https://twitter.com/Havittaja/status/313456392541442048
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Update:
Why aren’t the media covering this? Again, we are talking about the website of the federal government’s primary criminal investigation and enforcement agency.
.@BreakingNews @AP @Reuters Nothing on DOJ website being Hacked? http://t.co/OU1OsbFm1S via @TwitchyTeam
— Raphael Gluck (@einfal) March 18, 2013
.@mpoppel @SkyNewsBreak @WSJbreakingnews @BBCBreaking Nothing on DOJ website being Hacked? http://t.co/OU1OsbFm1S via @TwitchyTeam
— Raphael Gluck (@einfal) March 18, 2013
Update:
The site has been restored.
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