LulzSec attacks Brazilian government sites
Brasil.gov.br and Presidencia.gov.br, two sites belonging to the government of Brazil, were the latest victims of anti-security hacker group LulzSec on Tuesday.
The now-familiar cry of "Tango Down!" came across Twitter from LulzSec and another account named LulzSecBrazil on Tuesday evening, signaling that the hacker group had successfully brought down another website. The group initiated a DDoS attack against the U.K.'s Serious Organized Crime Agency this week, and called for a rally to pillage government data stockpiles for secret information.
LulzSec subsequently posted a message saying "Our Brazilian unit is making progress. Well done @LulzSecBrazil, brothers!"
Pinging the Brazilian government's site at 11:40pm EST showed it was unreachable from our location:
Ping 161.148.172.106
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Average time over 10 pings: 0 ms
A traceroute made it to a server from the Brazilian telecommunications company Oi (Telemar Norte Leste S.A.) before dropping out.