TechCrunch was recently hacked, leaving the site briefly unavailable.

"Hackers defaced the front page of the site with a message (recorded by Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure here) apparently abusing site admins and including a link to a pornographic content and warez linking website," writes The Register's John Leyden.

"TechCrunch returned to business by Tuesday lunchtime," Leyden writes.

Click here to read the story at The Register.