Was FoxNews.com the victim of a Fifth of November hack? The site this afternoon displayed links to a number of older and bogus stories, as well as a main story with a rather comical headline.

Underneath an image of a car chase, the text says only "WEEEEEEEEE," with "Stuff yo," as the subhead (click left).

The homepage also includes links to a July video about IEDs, Apple's WWDC event in June, and a banner alert that reads "Programming Alert: World Zombie Day to Bring Out the Living Dead," which goes to a dead link.

Fox News, however, said the problem was an internal issue.

As you may have seen, http://t.co/m6O9czWONs is having issues. It's an internal production problem and will be fixed soon. #FoxNews — Fox News (@FoxNews) November 5, 2013

In a later statement, Jeff Misenti, Chief Digital Officer for Fox News, said the "during routine website maintenance, a home page prototype was accidently moved to the actual site. As with any mistake in testing, engineers noticed the error and quickly brought the site back to its normal function."

Given the fact that this is Nov. 5, many assumed that the bizarre content on FoxNews.com was the work of hackers, particularly those from Anonymous.

"Remember, remember the Fifth of November," goes the popular verse. Nov. 5 is Guy Fawkes Day, named for the man who unsuccessfully tried to blow up Parliament in 1605. Alan Moore's graphic novel, V for Vendetta, turned Fawkes into an anarchist anti-hero, and the Fawkes mask has become synonymous with the Anonymous hacker collective. As such, Nov. 5 now brings with it a number of high-profile hacks.

Last year on Nov. 5, PayPal, Symantec, and NBC were reportedly targeted by hackers, but none of the efforts made a huge impact. In 2011, Anonymous set their sites on Fox News and Facebook, but both emerged unscathed.

Editor's Note: This story was updated at 7:30 p.m. ET with comment from Fox News.

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