<p>Hacker group Anonymous Friday night took down the website of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), media reports said Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Citing online publication PC Magazine, RIA Novosti said the website was still offline.<br />"CIA TANGO DOWN: https://www.cia.gov/ #Anonymous," the hacker group wrote on Twitter.<br /><br />Anonymous did not make public any details about the hacking, but the group's hackers normally use distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to knock their targets offline.<br /><br />"We are aware of the problems accessing our website, and are working to resolve them," CIA spokeswoman Jennifer Youngblood told CNN Friday night.<br /><br />Last month, Anonymous briefly took down the websites of the department of justice and the FBI in retaliation against the shutting down of the Megaupload file sharing website.<br /></p>
<p>Hacker group Anonymous Friday night took down the website of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), media reports said Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Citing online publication PC Magazine, RIA Novosti said the website was still offline.<br />"CIA TANGO DOWN: https://www.cia.gov/ #Anonymous," the hacker group wrote on Twitter.<br /><br />Anonymous did not make public any details about the hacking, but the group's hackers normally use distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to knock their targets offline.<br /><br />"We are aware of the problems accessing our website, and are working to resolve them," CIA spokeswoman Jennifer Youngblood told CNN Friday night.<br /><br />Last month, Anonymous briefly took down the websites of the department of justice and the FBI in retaliation against the shutting down of the Megaupload file sharing website.<br /></p>