HACKERS claiming to be Islamic took over a website run by Stroud’s Black Book Café on Monday.
Large letters appeared on the screen saying ‘HACKED’ above what appeared to be an Arabic symbol.
Underneath it read: “Hacked by Peyman Siyahi & M@rAz Ali”.
This was followed by a badly written sentence which read: “Islamic Hacker, charlie hebdo Waiting for Be ready to attack. World-Hacker.Org.”
It then went on to give email and Skype addresses.
Staff at the popular café in Nelson Street were shocked when the SNJ alerted them to what had happened after a reader contacted the paper.
The website was restored by the afternoon.
Manager Molly Wright said: “I am in shock and can’t believe it, I don’t understand.
“I do not have a clue why they have hacked us.”
Molly had not visited the site for around a week and said the last time she checked, everything was in order. “I am quite overwhelmed and will be informing the police,” she said.
A Google search revealed the pair have hacked several websites.
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