A terse message posted on the website says," Under Maintenance." It was not immediately known who was responsible for the attack.
But activists allied to the loose-knit Anonymous movement had threatened to target federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and others over the Harper government's controversial online surveillance bill.
The chiefs had supported the legislation.
The Mounties said earlier this week that they had not yet decided whether to launch a full investigation into the threats made against Toews.
Part of the online campaign against Bill C-30 involved the publication of the minister's divorce records, while other people are mocking the bill's supposed powers by sending the minister mundane details of their lives.
Among other things, the bill gives authorities access to Internet subscriber information without requiring a warrant and there are concerns that it violates the privacy of Internet users.
Saturday's hacking came a day after Anonymous claimed responsibility for vandalizing an Ohio FBI partner website, replacing its homepage with the video for rap hit "Gangsta's Paradise."
The group, a collection of activists and Internet mischief-makers, has increasingly focused its energy on military, police and security companies in recent months.
Among its most spectacular coups: The interception of a conference call between the FBI and London police cyber-investigators working to track them down.
At least one element within the group has promised weekly attacks on government-linked targets.
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Source: Huff
Author: canadian press
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