Some twenty congressmembers and House congressional committee websites were hit with targeted hacks this morning after President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech.
A group called the Red Eye Crew claimed responsibility. The attacks were first reported by Hotline.
"The Red Eye Crew has been responsible for other hacks before," Hotline reports. "The group claimed credit for hacking a site belonging to Old Dominion Univ. in '08 and Wieden + Kennedy, a New York ad agency."
The home page for the Republicans on the House Oversight Committee this morning reads: "Fâ- OBAMA!! Red Eye CREW !!!!! O RESTO E HACKER !!! by HADES; m4V3RiCk; T4ph0d4 â FROM BRASIL."
Similar messages appeared on the home pages of Reps. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), Phil Roe (R-Tenn.), Charlie Wilson (D-Ohio), John Tierney (D-Mass.), Charles Gonzales (D-Texas), Brian Baird (D-Wash.), John Barrow (D-Ga.), Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), John Boccieri (D-Ohio), John Olver (D-Mass.), Bobby Bright (D-Ohio), Mike Coffman (R-Colo.), Travis Childers (D-Miss.), Andre Carson (D-Ind.), John Campbell (R-Calif.), Suzanne Kosmas (R-Fla.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and other members.
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