Armed police sent to Mumsnet founder's home after hoax call

Justine Roberts falls victim to 'swatting' prank, which comes as parenting website is temporarily shut during cyber-attack by hacker called @DadSecurity

Armed police officers were sent to the home of the founder of Mumsnet after a hacker made a hoax call as part of a wider attack on the parenting forum and its 7.7 million users.

Justine Roberts said the website, which has more than 14m visits a month, was forced offline during a cyber-attack claimed by an internet troll called @DadSecurity on Twitter who posted taunts such as "RIP Mumsnet" on the social network.