Hackers attack Brazilian government's website

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Officials say hackers tried to take the Brazilian government's website off the air a day after President Dilma Rousseff was sworn in.

The government says in a statement that the attack Sunday caused the website to become unstable but it was never off the air. The statement says that hackers overloaded the number of accesses to the site to try to disrupt it.

Monday's statement says that the attack "did not put the presidency's site in danger" and no confidential information was accessed or destroyed.

A congressman, meanwhile, denounced several death threats made against Rousseff on Twitter during her inauguration. Florisvaldo Fier of the ruling Workers Party said the threats must be investigated and not taken lightly.