LONDON — Internet hackers claim to have tampered with the websites of Rupert Murdoch's Sun and Times newspapers.
Visitors to The Sun's website late Monday were redirected to a page featuring a story saying Murdoch's dead body had been found in his garden.
Lulz Security took responsibility via Twitter, calling it a successful part of "Murdoch Meltdown Monday." It said "we have joy we have fun we have messed up murdoch's sun."
Another hacking collective known as Anonymous claimed a cyberattack that shut down The Times' website.
Murdoch is due to appear before a parliamentary committee Tuesday to answer lawmakers' questions over phone-hacking at News International, his British newspaper division.
Lulz also took credit for shutting down News International's website.