LONDON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Britain's Royal Navy has suspended its Web site after a weekend cyberattack, the Defense Ministry said Monday.
The site was taken offline after it was "compromised" by a hacker, a spokesman told Sky News, but the Navy said no "malicious damage" had been caused or classified information compromised.
A hacker using the name TinKode claimed to have compromised the site Friday. He was also reported to have posted user names and site data on the Internet.
Visitors to the Navy site Monday morning found the message: "Unfortunately the Royal Navy Web site is currently undergoing essential maintenance Please visit again shortly".
A message posted by TinKode on Twitter at 11 p.m. Friday read: "Minister (sic) Of Defence United Kingdom (www.mod.uk) – HACKED".
It gave a link to a site where the individual also claimed to have hacked U.S. military and other official sites along with YouTube.
Sky News also reported that an "external threat" to Parliament's site was discovered Friday, the 405th anniversary of Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot.
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