GitHub, the web-based Git repository hosting service is down right now and Turkish hackers from Turk Hack Team claim they are behind this attack.

In an exclusive conversation with one of the hacker from THT,was told the reason for targeting GitHub (github.com) is nothing but fun.

THT is the same group who last month shutdown Vatican City official website against Pope Francis’ remarks in which he used the word ‘genocide’ to refer to mass killings of Armenians by Turks.

At the time of publishing this article, GitHub website was down with following ‘down for maintenance’



UPDATE:

GitHub website is back online, but still unclear who was really behind the attack or if there was any attack.

Why GitHub out of all sick websites out there. A display of their skills? A cheap way for a hacker to prove himself.