Lulz Security hacker rouge group on Monday attacked the website of the Rupert Murdoch owned Sun newspaper, replacing the online version with a fake story that Murdoch found dead .
The hackers redirected visitors to the twitter feed of hacker group Lulz Security, which came to prominence after several cyber assaults on the websites of Sony Corp , the CIA, and News Corp's Fox TV.
The group also claimed to have hacked the homepage of the phone-hack scandal hit News International, the Sun’s parent company, and the webpage of sister paper The Times was also inaccessible.
“We have owned Sun/News of the World – that story is simply phase 1 – expect the lulz to flow in coming days,” a message from the group warned.
Another message taunted “We have joy we have fun, we have messed up Murdoch’s Sun”
A News International spokeswoman said the company was “aware” of the attack.
The hacker collective said it was “sitting on their (the Sun’s) emails” and was prepared to publicise them on Tuesday.
Lulz has been in the spotlight after taking credit for cyberattacks on high-profile companies including Sony and Nintendo.