US officials said, they have ordered a security review after hackers managed to break into the Senate website at the weekend. Lulz Security, a loosely aligned group of hackers, said it had carried out the attack for fun and posted files online. Lulz has previously targeted Sony, Nintendo and Fox News. Senate Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Martina Bradford said the hacking had been noticed at the weekend, and that officials were now reviewing all the sites hosted on Senate website. In a statement, she said Lulz Security posted files online which indicated they had been in the Senate network. It said, none of the files, however, appeared to be sensitive. The US recently said it would consider cyber attacks an act of war, and reserved the right to respond to attacks with conventional means if they were found to have been orchestrated by a nation state.
News On AIR | June 14, 2011 10:30 AM
US orders security review after hackers managed to break into Senate website