Article 30SZ5 WikiLeaks 'hacked' as OurMine group answers 'hack us' challenge

WikiLeaks 'hacked' as OurMine group answers 'hack us' challenge

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Alex Hern
from Technology | The Guardian on (#30SZ5)

Julian Assange's data-leaking site defaced via DNS attack, showing humiliating messages for organisation that prides itself on being tech savvy

WikiLeaks suffered an embarrassing cyber-attack when Saudi Arabian-based hacking group OurMine took over its web address.

The attack saw visitors to WikiLeaks.org redirected to a page created by OurMine which claimed that the attack was a response to a challenge from the organisation to hack them.

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