London, July 30 : Computer hackers have invaded MI5's official website, it emerged last night.
According to the Daily Express, the gang rigged the site so the identity of visitors could be stolen and viruses downloaded on to their machines.
The hackers have called themselves Team Elite, and may have also been able to discover the identity of anyone using *Britain’s intelligence services website and find out every other website they had visited years earlier.
The lapse is a major *embarrassment for MI5, which is responsible for monitoring threats inside the UK.
A Whitehall source said the security flaw had been fixed.
Team Elite has previously hacked into the World Health Organisation’s website and attacked credit card giant Visa’s computer systems.
According to the Daily Express, the gang rigged the site so the identity of visitors could be stolen and viruses downloaded on to their machines.
The hackers have called themselves Team Elite, and may have also been able to discover the identity of anyone using *Britain’s intelligence services website and find out every other website they had visited years earlier.
The lapse is a major *embarrassment for MI5, which is responsible for monitoring threats inside the UK.
A Whitehall source said the security flaw had been fixed.
Team Elite has previously hacked into the World Health Organisation’s website and attacked credit card giant Visa’s computer systems.
