The black-hatted LulzSec mascot.
I'm not sure how many people here are familiar with or even care about LulzSec, but they have been such a high profile force in the past months that I felt the need to start a thread for discussion and constant news updates. I'll try to provide a lot of information about the basics of who they are and what they hope to accomplish, as well as the attacks that they have carried out thus far. This is an incredibly important world issue which deserves attention because of the ramifications such actions might have. I thought we could put all discussion here.
News Links:
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/LulzSec-...ews-11564.html
Most simply, LulzSec is a group of hackers that has claimed responsibility for a number of online attacks, most notably a string of a attacks on Sony Corporation which compromised user information on nearly 100 million users worldwide.
LulzSec name is derived from the internet term "lulz," which refers to laughs had at the expense of others. In May, 2011, LulzSec first came to light when they launched a series of attacks against websites owned by Fox. Later, in June 2011, LulzSec carried out a series of embarrassing and damaging attacks against Sony Corporation, which compromised information on almost 100 million users and will ultimately cost Sony billions of dollars in damages.
Since the high-profile string of attacks on Sony, LulzSec has unleashed a series of distributed denial of service attacks on all kinds of victims, ranging from internet sites like pron.com to popular games like Minecraft, League of Legends, Eve Online and Heroes of Newerth, along with the sites of several security firms. In addition, LulzSec temporarily took down the websites of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations and the United States Central Intelligence Agency. They also directed attacks at the United States Senate website, senate.gov.
LulzSec currently operates a
Twitter account which is among the fastest growing in the world, outpacing superstars like Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Rihanna.
Their latest action includes an attempt to mobilize guerrilla hackers across the world to attack high-profile banks and government organization and generally wreck havoc in the name of "Anti-Security."