The Sun's website 'hacked by LulzSec'

The Sun's website appears to have fallen prey to hackers who redirected viewers to a fake news story claiming Rupert Murdoch had been found dead at his home.



The hacking group LulzSec took credit for the attack on Twitter, saying: "We have owned Sun/News of the World".

Viewers of the tabloid website were redirected to a mocked up news story with the headline "Media moguls body discoverd [sic]".

The story continued: "Murdoch, aged 80, has said to have ingested a large quantity of palladium before stumbling into his famous topiary garden late last night, passing out in the early hours of the morning."

The website later redirected to the Lulzsec Twitter feed, where the anonymous group crowed: "We have joy we have fun, we have messed up Murdoch's Sun".