'Anonymous' hackers take down Vatican website

The mysterious hacker group known as 'Anonymous' has taken down the Vatican's website, saying it was targeting the "corrupt" Church, a day after a high-profile bust of the group's alleged leaders, reports AFP.
 
Five alleged computer hackers in Britain, Ireland and the United States were charged this week in high-profile cyber attacks after a leader of the group became an FBI informant.
 
"Anonymous decided today to besiege your site in response to the doctrine, to the liturgies, to the absurd and anachronistic concepts that your for-profit organisation spreads around the world," the hackers said about the attack on the Vatican site. "This attack is not against the Christian religion or the faithful around the world but against the corrupt Roman Apostolic Church," they said on the Italian-language version of the Anonymous website.