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Sun newspaper being hacked

  • 18-07-2011 11:18PM
    #1
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,248 ✭✭✭✭


    Just saw that the Sun newspaper website has been hacked - now redirects to a twitter page!

    www.thesun.co.uk/


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  • #2
    Nate--IRL--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,286 ✭✭✭Nate--IRL--


    It's Lulzsec. This could get interesting.

    Nate


  • #3
    Spread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Spread


    rebel girl 15 wrote: »
    Just saw that the Sun newspaper website has been hacked - now redirects to a twitter page!

    www.thesun.co.uk/

    Not by Hacks, surely?


  • #4
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    Caught it on their twitter feed. First righteous hack they've done yet.


  • #5
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    ...But what will I do without my daily dose of Jordan!
    Christ, I'm in trouble!


  • #6
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    It's on Twitter - and now the chickens have come home to roost for Murdoch


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  • #7
    sollar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,007 ✭✭✭sollar


    Poor old Rupert


  • #8
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Two wrongs don't make a right.

    Remember that it's scummy hackers that compromised all our boards accounts last year.


  • #9
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,248 ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    http://digg.com/news/world_news/lulzsec_hacks_new_times_website_plants_forged_article_about_murdoch_suicide


  • #10
    El Siglo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭El Siglo


    This is going to get interesting.


    *Grabs popcorn...


  • #11
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Two wrongs don't make a right.

    In this case, it does.


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  • #12
    laughter189
    Closed Accounts Posts: 376 ✭✭laughter189


    Its about time them guys got a taste of their own medicine


  • #13
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    oh noes I clicked on the link, now I have the virus on my interweb :(


  • #14
    Crazy Horse 6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,474 ✭✭✭Crazy Horse 6


    Justice for the 96. Hope the whole Murdoch empire comes crashing down around him.


  • #15
    Elmidena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,570 ✭✭✭Elmidena


    original link goes to the sun's page for me. I feel dirty.


  • #16
    PK2008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,219 ✭✭✭PK2008


    Truly epic


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Delighted


  • #18
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,248 ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    Sunshine! wrote: »
    original link goes to the sun's page for me. I feel dirty.

    It takes a few seconds to redirect :p


  • #19
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    If I believed for a second that the Met and UK government were going to handle this all properly then I wouldn't like people attacking the Sun's site.


  • #20
    laughter189
    Closed Accounts Posts: 376 ✭✭laughter189


    He has even given a password for one reporter :
    Hacked internal Sun staff data: daniel.fitzgerald@the-sun.co.uk - hash: eb0e8e95c22d5521b283c69f662f9bce salt: dfitzgerald password: shark


  • #21
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,248 ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    Twitter post at the start of it from Lulz
    We have owned Sun/News of the World - that story is simply phase 1 - expect the lulz to flow in coming days.


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  • #22
    Corkfeen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭Corkfeen


    laughter189 wrote: »
    He has even given a password for one reporter :

    Numerous passwords have gone up on their twitter so far.


  • #23
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    rebel girl 15 wrote: »
    Just saw that the Sun newspaper website has been hacked - now redirects to a twitter page!

    www.thesun.co.uk/

    Now in its rightful place. Between a twat and a sh1tter


  • #24
    Cionád
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,003 ✭✭✭Cionád


    LOL @ this screenshot


  • #25
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Two wrongs don't make a right.

    Remember that it's scummy hackers that compromised all our boards accounts last year.

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh

    compromise me

    ooooooooooooooooooooh fack yeah


  • #26
    up for anything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,791 ✭✭✭up for anything


    Sunshine! wrote: »
    original link goes to the sun's page for me. I feel dirty.

    Give it 10 seconds and it flashes to the LulzSec Twitter page.


  • #27
    Nulty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,843 ✭✭✭Nulty


    Sunshine! wrote: »
    original link goes to the sun's page for me. I feel dirty.


    From LulzSec
    If you visited The Sun before we did this (may God have mercy on your soul) clear your cache so the redirect works.


  • #28
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,248 ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    Latest tweet by Lulz
    WE HAVE JOY WE HAVE FUN, WE HAVE MESSED UP MURDOCH'S SUN


  • #29
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    So the Hacks have Hacked the Hackers or something ..


  • #30
    AG2R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭AG2R


    Brilliant


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  • #31
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,152 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    dlofnep wrote: »
    In this case, it does.

    Disagree. If this was all they did, then maybe, but they're only doing this because it's high profile at the moment; whoever "lulz" is is just trying to boost their own warped definition of whatever passes for credibility in their warped minds.

    Hackers [at least in colloquial sense, since there's a debate on the accuracy of the word] are destructive and of no value to society.


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