<i>Gawker</i> rooted by anonymous hackers

0166/11+year+old-viral-video-star-placed-under-police-protection-after-death-threats">knocked the site offline. Anonymous's fury is said to have been sparked over Gawker's defense of an 11-year-old girl who came in for a fair amount of online harassment.

The miscreants said that instant messaging accounts for numerous employees were accessed and their missive included what were claimed to be chat transcripts to prove the claim. ®

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