LONDON, June 24 (UPI) -- A notorious hacking collective suspected in recent online attacks got a taste of its own medicine this morning as its Web site was temporarily brought down.
Initial credit for the Friday attack was attributed to a well-known hacker known as The Jester, who refuted the claim with a post to his known Twitter account, NewScientist.com reported.
It now appears the takedown was accomplished by a lone-wolf hacker identifying himself as Oneiroi, who took credit for the attack on his blog.
"I'd like to let the public know that phase one of OPERATION SUPERNOVA has been successful. Lulzsecurity.com is Tango down at this time," he posted.
In an apparently escalating hacker battle, another hacking collective known as TeaMp0ison (Team Poison), has promised to reveal the identities of the LulzSec team.
"We're here to show the world that they're nothing but a bunch of script kiddies. We're going to let them do what they do. Then we're going to do what we do. We're going to hit them hard," the group posted.
LulzSec claimed responsibility for hacking into the Web site of the Arizona Department of Public Safety and released details of staff, e-mails and correspondence on public file-sharing sites, information Arizona Police have confirmed appears to be authentic.
LulzSec has denied allegations it was responsible for a denial of service attack on News International's servers Thursday.
In the past it has claimed responsibility recently for hacking the U.S. Senate's Web site, the CIA and the Public Broadcasting System.
