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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Hacker attacks Royal Navy website

The Royal Navy Website has been taken offline after it was "compromised" by a hacker, the Ministry of Defence said today.

A Navy spokesman said no "malicious damage" had been caused by the cyber attack, which was now being investigated by security teams.

A hacker operating under the name TinKode claimed to have compromised the site on Friday.

He was also reported to have posted user names and website data on the internet.

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