Hacking group LulzSec defaced on Monday the Web site of U.S. tabloid The Sun, posting a fake article that media mogul Rupert Murdoch had been found dead.

The story that appeared in The Sun newspaper's web site said Murdoch had been found dead in a garden after apparently overdosing on the chemical palladium. LulzSec later redirected people accessing the Web site to the hackers' Twitter feeds, as part of the group's Murdoch Meltdown Monday.

Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corp., has been making headlines following the phone-hacking scandal that forced News Corp. to close one publication, the News of the World, and prompted the exit of two top executives. News Corp. journalists have allegedly hacked into cell phone voice mail of celebrities, members of the royal family, politicians, child murder victims and people who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Aside from posting a story "Media Mogul's Body Discovered," LulzSecurity also hit other Web sites run by News Corp.'s UK arm. Sites also taken down include The Times, a News International paper, and News International's homepage.

The online breach came a day before the embattled Murdoch was scheduled to appear before British parliament on Tuesday to answer questions about the phone-hacking scandal. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has also commenced an investigation into the scandal.

A spate of negative publicity spurred by the News of the World's actions has also forced News Corp. to abandon its bid to take full control of pay-TV company British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC.

This is not the first time fake reports on the death of a high-profile personality was posted by hackers. On July 4, hackers took to Fox News' twitter account to report that U.S. President Barack Obama had been shot.

Also known as Lulz Security, the group gained notoriety for its attacks on Sony Corp., the CIA, an FBI affiliate, the U.S. Senate, and the Arizona Department of Public Safety, among many others, but disbanded in June after 50 days of high-profile cyber attacks. The early exit came after alleged leader or member Ryan Cleary was arrested in Britain.

But with the recent attacks against News Corp., LulzSec is certainly back from the grave. "Thank you for the love tonight," LulzSec tweeted. "I know we quit, but we couldn't sit by with our wine watching this walnut-faced Murdoch clowning around."