The National Lottery website was the victim of an Internet hacking stunt yesterday.
Hackers entered the site and removed all Lotto graphics and links, replacing them with a short garbled message abusing RTE and with the statement: "Go to hell you scumbags." A list of nine names such as "Orkbaby", "Qualm" and "Cleverbunny" appeared at the end.
The site was still inaccessible yesterday evening, as the National Lottery began restoring the site.