LulzSec hacking group disbands
After 50 days of mayhem, the LulzSec boat has apparently sailed its final hacking voyage.
The announcement came after 50 days of high-profile security breaches and denial of service attacks against companies and organisations, including Sony, Nintendo and even the US Senate and the FBI. The aftermath of sorting out some of the attacks have cost companies tens of millions of dollars.
The announcement was accompanied by a torrent called '50 Days of Lulz', and the group's Twitter account provided a link to the torrent on Pirate Bay, which has now been removed from the site. However, the contents of the torrent file contained plenty of sensitive information, including 550,000 user details for the Battlefield Heroes Beta, which were apparently provided 'to selflessly entertain others.'
In its statement, LulzSec claimed that 'behind the mask, behind the insanity and mayhem, we truly believe in the AntiSec movement. We believe in it so strongly that we brought it back, much to the dismay of those looking for more anarchic lulz.'
The announcement is likely to come as a relief to companies with an online presence, particularly gaming-related companies, many of which would have been worried about who the group would target next.
The last few days have seen the group gaining plenty of space in the limelight, and not just for security breaches or bringing websites to their knees. Last week, a LulzSec member called Whirlpool worryingly told BBC's Newsnight programme that 'at some point, our operations will have to veer onto the more serious side of things.'
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Discuss in the forums ReplyDon't understand how they thought they'd get mass support by violating people's personal data and plastering it over the net.
I applaud that other hacking group for dropping their dox. the little *******s deserve it. Not so lulzy to them when they get a taste of their own medicine.
LOIC was a 4chan/Anon thing, not LulzSec?
Seems to me after reading the pastbin and looking at their facebooks that these kids are victims of a setup. Only my opinion and I may be wrong. Here is the profile of one of them that has left his facebook open:
http://www.facebook.com/drhodesmumby?sk=info
You could argue his actions and responses are of someone maybe trying to cover himself, but would you have an open to the public facebook if you were doing what these folks are being accussed of?
Having seen many Hollywood films, I am sure that is how all hacking takes place.
Those pastebin logs are probably true, I guess anon has a much "better" group of hackers and got pissed off with this break away group.
I support breaking into systems to make the owners aware (like they apparently did with NHS) but to disclose all the email addresses and personal details of normal every day users its pretty pathetic. it wasn't their fault for the crap security of their service provider.
Sure put "lol" messages on the home pages, boast about your "skills" ect, but don't let out the personal information of millions of people.
http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2011/06/lulzsec-calls-it-quits-claims-50-days-of-mayhem-was-all-it-wanted.ars
LOL :D
High profile is great and everything, but I think they know that if it carried on they really would get burned.
If these "kids" are so horribly underqualified then I'd hate to see what the real criminals/governments are up to..
too much of a coincidence, even if they say he was nothing to do with them.
Boggsi the scary thing about this is that they are underqualified i've looked into the concepts they used to crack these sites and they are pretty much childsplay (not that easy but u get the idea). Trust me you should only be scared if the big boy's come out to play, Yes there are kids that do this for fun but the big guys don't just try and take down the sites they remove them completely (ha and the funny thing is i work with these guys).
I won't say which company i work for but lets put it this way if someone managed to piss off the people i work with that bad you see the whole net go down :P ( I work for one of the large chip manfactureres and those guys are on another level compared with these noobs :P).
I know the crime in itself is wrong (and I'm not supporting them in any way), but you can't say the hacking didn't give them an opportunity and chance to beef up the companies' defenses for future, potential intrusions.
edit: for spelling fail :p
Insure? lol ;)
As I understand it, LOIC was supposed to be open to any and everyone to use, but I suppose there might've been some special access required to set targets. LulzSec may or may not have been able to gain access, but in their early days they were going on about being more 'professional' and 'precise' by not using 'teh n00bs', so I doubt they were using it. Still, DDoS wasn't entirely beneath them.
Try the mute button ;)
LOIC is just the name of a DDoS program, looks like this:
http://www.kagato.webspace.virginmedia.com/LOIC.jpg
and if you believe they have told you all they know/all their hacks, again you are a bit dim.
the heat is on, BIG time but they are still about on twitter, I expect another name group to appear in time made of the same people taking the micheal out of the eff bee eye
Hacking simply "because you can" and picking any target under the sun is somewhat less than ethical at best and a serious ballache at worst.
LOIC is a tool built for DDoS ing. these kids can't code, they used premade tools, the only thing they can do is (D)DoS and SQLi. They've got no clue. Lulzsec = Anon, as simple as that. Lulzsec has been getting too much heat recently from various sides (TeamP0ison, Th3J35t3r, WhiteHats forums...).
Not too many options, just disband and form something else. follow timelines on twitter of involved parties to find out more
See how it works? You want fame and admiration, then do something worthwhile ...