Hackers Down Lenovo Website, Employee Emails Comprised

Chinese computer and smartphone firm Lenovo Group Ltd said its website was hacked Wednesday. A hacker group Lizard Squad has taken the credit.

This would be the second security blemish in days after the U.S. government advised consumers to remove adware called "Superfish" preinstalled on company's laptops.

Via Twitter, the hacking group Lizard Squad claimed credit for the Lenovo hack and warned that such mischief would continue to happen in future. The same group is also responsible for attacking Google Vietnam, Xbox and PlayStation services in the past.

ZD Net stated that the Domain Name System (DNS) was hacked at 4 PM Eastern time. However, it was restored at 6:30 PM, but the site remained inaccessible after that. At that time, instead of displaying home page with product listings, the site showed a slideshow of some teenagers with the song "Breaking Free" from High School Musical running in the background.

In a statement issued in the United States on Wednesday night, Lenovo, the world's biggest maker of personal computers, said it had restored its site to normal operations after several hours.

"The Lenovo Web site is currently unavailable but will return soon. To place or check on the status of an order or for any other enquiries, please contact a Lenovo representative during regular business hours," read the message displayed on lenovo.com.