Disgruntled hackers targeted the Brazilian Olympic
Committee's website to complain about the country's poor
performance at the Beijing Games.
The hackers replaced regular content with criticisms of
Brazilian athletes, the committee said on Tuesday.
"Brazil stinks in these Olympics" was one of the messages
posted, according to the Universo On Line news service of the
Folha de S. Paulo newspaper.
Brazil was in 39th place with one gold and five bronze medals
late Tuesday.
The site was not operating for several hours, including
during the Brazil-Argentina semifinal football match which
Argentina won 3-0.
"Dear user, our site is temporarily off ... for maintenance
reasons," the committee said in a statement on its site. "We
will return soon with news of our delegation in Beijing."
By mid-afternoon, the site was back on.
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