Anonymous claims responsibility for Home Office website hack

Anonymous says it is behind an attack which brought down the government's official Home Office website this weekend.
The Hacktivist group is said to have used a simple denial of service attack, which it had first announced via Twitter on Wednesday, proclaiming it would be attacking UK Government websites every Saturday.
Following the successful take-down, a triumphant Anonymous wrote on Twitter: "TANGO DOWN - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk For your draconian surveillance proposals! Told you to #ExpectUs!"
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