Euromillions website hacked by extremists

Hackers attacked the French Euromillions lottery site, deeming it as the ‘devil’s work’ and posting verses from the Quran in place of its homepage. A group calling itself “Morrocanghosts” claimed responsibility for the attack. The messages warned people to quit gambling and consuming alcohol, both of which are forbidden in Islam. Posted in both French and Arabic, it read: “Oh you believers. Wine, games of chance, statues all augur impurity and are the work of the devil.” Euromillions lottery operator La Francaise des jeux (FDJ) said that none of its other games were affected after the attack, which French media reports said happened yesterday morning. The Euromillions homepage was unavailable last night and is currently redirecting visitors to the FDJ page. A statement on that site said that all pages hit by the hackers were in “the process of being put back up”. The company added that no personal data was compromised during the attack.