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The hacker group Lulz Security has claimed it has brought 1. the public-facing website of the US Central Intelligence Agency. The alleged hack on CIA.gov occurred on the same day the group opened a telephone request line 2. its fans could suggest potential targets.hacked off
On its Twitter feed, the group wrote: "Tango down - cia.gov - for the lulz". The CIA website was inaccessible at times on Wednesday 3. appeared to be back up on Thursday. The hack claim could not immediately be verified. It was unclear if the outage was 4. to LulzSec's efforts or to the large number of internet users trying to check the site. The claim regarding the CIA.gov website emerged a few hours later. A CIA spokesman told the Associated Press the agency was “5. into" the report.
LulzSec publicised the details of its telephone hotline on its Twitter feed. Callers to the US number are met with a recorded message, in a heavy French accent, by an individual calling himself Pierre Dubois. 6. the 614 area code appears to relate to the state of Ohio, it is unlikely that this is its real location.
Little is known about Lulz Security, other 7. their apparent "hacktivist" motivation. The organisations and companies that it targets are often portrayed as 8. acted against the interests of citizens or consumers.
Its high-profile attack on SonyPictures.com exposed the company's ongoing inability to secure users' personal data, LulzSec claimed. Along 9. Anonymous, LulzSec has raised the profile of hacker groups as a potential threat to online services.
Hacktivists see their role 10. staging valid protests in the most high profile way possible, according to Peter Wood, founder of security consultancy First Base.
"The things they are exploiting at the moment are the sort of mistakes that organisations seem to have been 11. since they connected to the internet.
"Finally there are some players out there who are using them as a means to protest. 12. everyone agrees with them is a different question."
BBC News
further reading:
A brief history of hacking 
answers
spying on the spies
