Hackers attack Workers' Party website

Hackers attacked the website of president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's party, the Workers' Party (PT), available at www.pt.org.br. According to the party's press office, the site was attacked this afternoon, and taken down later as a preventive measure. The party is still trying to evaluate the extent of the damage done to its website and servers.

According to Brazilian media outlets, the hackers changed the main page of the site, posting a message that read: "No more of this s...!", in reference to the upcoming October elections that could give another four-year term to Mr. Da Silva. His government has been tainted by a series of scandals that culminated in several of his closer allies having to step down from office. The president, however, has claimed he wasn't involved and did not know about the wrongdoings of his former associates.