Hacker ‘KillMilk’ has been bragging on encrypted messaging app Telegram – infamous for being utilized by terror teams – of their obvious profitable hack of the web page.

They wrote it was an “attack on paedophiles…” with a tragic face emoji on the messaging website, with an image of King Charles used within the background.

Check Host, an internet site that covers websites which have gone down throughout the net, commented in regards to the supposed Russian hack: “Incredible if real!”

The website confirmed an inventory of nations the place the Royal web site was down, together with the UK, UAE, Ukraine, US, Turkey, Russia, Japan, Poland and others.

But a supply advised The Sun Online: “The web site wasn’t hacked. It was a denial of service assault.

“This is when a website is bombarded with entry requests. The royal family’s techniques and content material was not accessed.

“We can’t say yet who was responsible.”

KillMilk is the chief of a Russian hacking collective that calls itself Killnet.

They just lately introduced on Telegram the institution of ‘Black Skills’ – a reputation thought to have been impressed by mercenary corporations in Russia.

The supposed assault comes after the late Queen Elizabeth stepped up defences in opposition to hackers after studying the royal household had been a high-profile goal.

It’s thought the household’s website went down shortly after 10.20am on Sunday and lasted round two hours.

The Sun Online added IT consultants for the royals labored on “fully restoring the website”, however stated Buckingham Palace declined to remark when approached for remark.

In July 2021, Queen Elizabeth – who died aged 96 in September 2022 – ordered elevated on-line safety following a report from her cyber safety consultants who warned there was a excessive reasonably than medium danger of unauthorised entry to royal family knowledge.

Experts additionally warned worldwide cyber terrorists had been a possible menace to King Charles’ coronation in May.