new computer viruses was linked to Us by Cyber clues

A study shows that Washington is using computer technology to promote its interests in the Middle East. For one, the U.S. was behind the Stuxnet, a computer worm used to collect information about the Iranian nuclear programme in 2010, as well as the development of Flame, a tool for cyber monitoring.

Symantec and Russia’s Kaspersky Lab linked Stuxnet to Flame saying that part of the Flame programme is nearly identical to code found in a 2009 version of Stuxnet.

The famous hacking group LulzSec

The famous hacking group LulzSec, which has previously targeted companies including Sony, claimed it carried out the hacking, this was announced via messages on Twitter. The group’s name comes from the word ‘lulz’, which is online slang for laughter at someone else’s expense. Their logo is a cartoon man in a top hat and monocle, holding a glass of wine.

Readers that were trying to access thesun.co.uk were redirected to another website, new-times.co.uk, which displayed a story given the headline: “Media mogul’s body discovered”. It suggested that Mr Murdoch had been found after he had committed suicide by “ingesting a large quantity of palladium”.

After that hoax site stopped working, The Sun address was then re-directing to LulzSec’s Twitter account.

The only comment that was made was by a News International spokeswoman who simply confirmed that the company was “aware” of what was happening.
The group’s name comes from the word lulz, which is online slang for laughter at someone else’s expense. Their logo is a cartoon man in a top hat and monocle, holding a glass of wine.