[Updated] GSM Arena Website Hacked

UPDATE : GSM Arena has been recovered and now the site is back online.

GSM Arena, one of the most popular and up-to-date mobile phone database website has been hacked. Hacker group Lizard squad claims to have taken the website down. The GSM Arena website redirects to sweg.org with an image of a fat boy/girl/duh? appears.
We can also see some twitter accounts linked with the website. 
  1. Savaged (@NotClerk)
  2. FTBG chF 6 (@chFthemango)
  3. Lizard Squad (@LizardPatrol)
  4. Shawn (@BewareTDE)
The group Lizard Squad in the past were responsible for distributed denial-of-service attacks against the PlayStation Network (PSN), Blizzard’s Battle.net, Riot’s League of Legends, Grinding Games’ Path of Exile and Vatican website.The group also tweeted that explosives were on board an American Airlines flight carrying Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley, prompting an emergency landing in Phoenix.

We hope that GSM Arena team will find the security flaw and get back online ASAP !!

More as this story develops.

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