CYBERATTACK ON BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY WEBSITE BY RUSSIAN HACKERS: REPORT

Sun 01 October 2023:

The website of the British royal family was temporarily disabled by a cyberattack on Sunday, dpa has learned from Buckingham Palace sources.

No access to the website, its systems, or its content was gained. Upon visiting the URL, royal. uk, the page displayed an error message, ”Gateway time-out Error code 504,” The Telegraph reported.

‘We’ve just received breaking news that the Royal Family website has crashed after allegedly being targeted by Russian hackers who have reportedly taken responsibility for the attack on social media. “If you try to access the website, you get an error message,” Sky News host Caroline Di Russo said.

Russian hacker group Killnet has claimed responsibility for the cyber attack. In a message shared on Telegram, a messaging app, the hacker added a link to the website which provided information about the monarch, the Firm, and the Royal Family’s role in the UK and the Commonwealth. They added the supposed takedown was an “attack on pedophiles”.

Though these attacks don’t cause major damage, they can lead to outages lasting several hours or even days. However, it has not been confirmed they were behind it.

The Royal family’s website was up and running again by midday.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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