{"id":237503,"date":"2023-10-01T21:39:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T21:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=237503"},"modified":"2023-10-01T21:39:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T21:39:25","slug":"royal-security-risk-as-website-bombarded-for-two-hours-by-russian-hackers-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/royal-security-risk-as-website-bombarded-for-two-hours-by-russian-hackers-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal security risk as website bombarded for TWO HOURS by &#x27;Russian hackers&#x27; | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Royal Family\u2019s official website was offline today after it was said to be \u201cattacked\u201d by Russian hackers. <\/p>\n<p>The site royal.uk displayed an error message for around two hours this morning following \u201ca denial of service attack\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/britains-king-charles-iii-britains-777543198.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>It comes after Queen Elizabeth stepped up defences against hackers after learning the Royal Family were a high-profile target.<\/p>\n<p>This type of attack occurs when a website is deliberately bombarded with access requests, and cannot cope which differs from being hacked when a criminal breaks into the back end of a website.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s thought the site went down shortly after 10.20am and lasted around two hours.<\/p>\n<p>Russian hackers have now claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n<p>KillMilk, the purported leader of the Russian hacktivist group KillNet, claimed in a Telegram post\u00a0they were behind the takedown. <\/p>\n<p>The site is now back up and running although it is slow to load at first.<\/p>\n<p>A source told The Sun Online: \u201cThe website wasn\u2019t hacked. 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