Greater Manchester police website downed by hackers
by Tim Wyatt from Technology | The Guardian on (#K8SF)
Twitter account holder in Lithuania claims responsibility for apparent denial of service attack that disabled force's website
The Greater Manchester police website has been taken down by what appears to be a denial of service (DOS) attack, with a Twitter account in Lithuania claiming responsibility.
Users were unable to access the site www.gmp.police.uk from around 8pm, but the force restored it shortly afterwards. A tweet from Greater Manchester police (GMP) said that there had been some "technical issues" that had now been resolved.