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End Of An Era? of the Day: Naturally, with a name like Lulz Security, you’ll want to take any and all “official statements” with a handful of salt, but the “crew of six” known for random-seeming attacks on a variety of government agencies, multinational conglomerates, media entities, gaming sites, and pretty much anyone capable of satisfying the group’s lust for lulz, has called it quits after 50 days in the top-hat hacking biz.
In a Hacker Manifesto-esque release posted to — where else? — Pastebin, LulzSec members announced the permanent anchoring of their “humble ship,” The Lulz Boat. “Our planned 50 day cruise has expired,” the crew writes. “and we must now sail into the distance, leaving behind – we hope – inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love. If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere. Anywhere.”
LulzSec wouldn’t quite be LulzSec without leaving behind a parting gift in the form of their largest dump yet: Internal data and user info gathered from AT&T, AOL, NATO, the FBI, the Navy, PI firms, and “random gaming forums.” In addition, the groups claimed victory for the successful revival of the AntiSec Movement that they “hope, wish, even beg…manifests itself into a revolution that can continue on without us.”
The sudden retreat flies in the face of an interview recently conducted by Gawker with an alleged group member who calls himself “Topiary. “Worrying is for fools,” said Topiary concerning the possibility that the group may soon be busted by the feds. Also, a statement posted by LulzSec two weeks ago said the group will “continue creating things that are exciting and new until we’re brought to justice, which we might well be.”
Could it be that the recent arrest of purported LulzSec “mastermind” Ryan Cleary may have been more significant than the group led on? Or perhaps the force-quit has something to do with this document, possibly released by former HBGary CEO and Anonymous punching bag Aaron Barr, which claims to reveal the personal information of the LulzSec Six?
Irrespective of the reason, hacking lives on.
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End Of An Era? of the Day: Naturally, with a name like Lulz Security, you’ll want to take any and all “official statements” with a handful of salt, but the “crew of six” known for random-seeming attacks on a variety of government agencies, multinational conglomerates, media entities, gaming sites, and pretty much anyone capable of satisfying the group’s lust for lulz, has called it quits after 50 days in the top-hat hacking biz.
In a Hacker Manifesto-esque release posted to — where else? — Pastebin, LulzSec members announced the permanent anchoring of their “humble ship,” The Lulz Boat. “Our planned 50 day cruise has expired,” the crew writes. “and we must now sail into the distance, leaving behind – we hope – inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love. If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere. Anywhere.”
LulzSec wouldn’t quite be LulzSec without leaving behind a parting gift in the form of their largest dump yet: Internal data and user info gathered from AT&T, AOL, NATO, the FBI, the Navy, PI firms, and “random gaming forums.” In addition, the groups claimed victory for the successful revival of the AntiSec Movement that they “hope, wish, even beg…manifests itself into a revolution that can continue on without us.”
The sudden retreat flies in the face of an interview recently conducted by Gawker with an alleged group member who calls himself “Topiary. “Worrying is for fools,” said Topiary concerning the possibility that the group may soon be busted by the feds. Also, a statement posted by LulzSec two weeks ago said the group will “continue creating things that are exciting and new until we’re brought to justice, which we might well be.”
Could it be that the recent arrest of purported LulzSec “mastermind” Ryan Cleary may have been more significant than the group led on? Or perhaps the force-quit has something to do with this document, possibly released by former HBGary CEO and Anonymous punching bag Aaron Barr, which claims to reveal the personal information of the LulzSec Six?
Irrespective of the reason, hacking lives on.
[@lulzsec / techcrunch / nytbits / pcworld / reddit / @anonymousirc / image: ibtimes.]
