Multiple NBC Websites has been hacked today by a hacker named 'pyknic' in honor of Guy Fawkes Day, 5th November.
Hackers defaced the site with music and message from Anonymous hacktivists. In the message, the hackers claim to have exposed user information including passwords, but this has not yet been confirmed.
"REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER, THE GUNPOWDER TREASON AND PLOT. I KNOW OF NO REASON WHY THE GUNPOWDER TREASON SHOULD EVER BE FORGOT. REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER, THE GUNPOWDER TREASON AND PLOT. I KNOW OF NO REASON WHY THE GUNPOWDER TREASON SHOULD EVER BE FORGOT. REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER, THE GUNPOWDER TREASON AND PLOT. I KNOW OF NO REASON WHY THE GUNPOWDER TREASON SHOULD EVER BE FORGOT. REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER, THE GUNPOWDER TREASON AND PLOT. I KNOW OF NO REASON WHY THE GUNPOWDER TREASON SHOULD EVER BE FORGOT."
The list of affected sites includes NBC’s Saturday Night Live page, mobile main page(m.nbc.com), NBC Sports Rotoworld forums (forums.rotoworld.com),
NBC Extra(www.nbc.com/extras), NBC’s videos page
and its main show section.
At the time of writing, the NBC's sites are back to normal and it looks like they've gotten the situation under control.
Lady Gaga fansite "GagaDaily.com" also taken down by the same hacker.
