A self-proclaimed "PrinceofHacking" has taken over the website of the Town of Claremont in Perth, leaving a message of love for Iran, as the council struggles in the aftermath of a devastating fire last night.

Visitors to the Claremont website were this morning greeted with a largely nonsensical message from the "Ashiyane Digital Security Team".

The obscure message posted on the Claremont Council's website today.

A Google search for the group revealed at least 4000 websites that had also fallen victim to the hackers.

A link from the Claremont homepage sent users to the Ashiyane website, written in Arabic.