Thread: LulzSec Announces It Is Disbanding

NEW YORK – A publicity-seeking hacker group that has blazed a path of mayhem on the Internet over the last two months, including attacks on law enforcement sites, said unexpectedly on Saturday it is dissolving itself.

Lulz Security made its announcement through its Twitter account. It gave no reason for the disbandment, but it could be a sign of nerves in the face of law enforcement investigations. Rival hackers have also joined in the hunt, releasing information they say could point to the identities of the six-member group.

One of the group's members was interviewed by The Associated Press on Friday, and gave no indication that its work was ending. LulzSec claimed hacks on major entertainment companies, FBI partner organizations, the CIA, the U.S. Senate and a pornography website.

As a parting shot, LulzSec released a grab-bag of documents and login information apparently gleaned from gaming websites and corporate servers. The largest group of documents -- 338 files -- appears to be internal documents from AT&T Inc., detailing its buildout of a new wireless broadband network in the U.S. The network is set to go live this summer. An AT&T spokesman could not immediately confirm the authenticity of the documents.

In an unusual strategy for a hacker group, LulzSec has sought publicity and conducted a conversation with the public through its Twitter account. Observers believe it's an offshoot of Anonymous, a larger, more loosely organized group that attempts to mobilize hackers for attacks on targets it considers immoral, like oppressive Middle Eastern governments and opponents of the document-distribution site WikiLeaks. LulzSec, on the other hand, attacked anyone they could for "the lulz," which is Internet jargon for "laughs."

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Well they were in it for the lulz. The lulz kind of stop when people want your blood.

They need to catch these people. Attacking the Arizona border police and saying that they support illegal immigration should give you an idea of the type of garbage these people are.

Originally Posted by shawn2323

They need to catch these people. Attacking the Arizona border police and saying that they support illegal immigration should give you an idea of the type of garbage these people are.

how so?

I couldn't care less if they catch them. I just don't want anything I like hacked lol.

@bno112300 They're all here starting our fires rofl.

the source is foux news. so I imagine that the story is less genuine than one would assume.

Originally Posted by bno112300

the source is foux news. so I imagine that the story is less genuine than one would assume.

Yeah take it for what its worth, The basics of the story are probably correct its just been twisted and had fox's special spin added to it. Anyway here is a copy of their statement taken from a link on their twitter page

Friends around the globe,

We are Lulz Security, and this is our final release, as today marks something meaningful to us. 50 days ago, we set sail with our humble ship on an uneasy and brutal ocean: the Internet. The hate machine, the love machine, the machine powered by many machines. We are all part of it, helping it grow, and helping it grow on us.

For the past 50 days we've been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could. All to selflessly entertain others - vanity, fame, recognition, all of these things are shadowed by our desire for that which we all love. The raw, uninterrupted, chaotic thrill of entertainment and anarchy. It's what we all crave, even the seemingly lifeless politicians and emotionless, middle-aged self-titled failures. You are not failures. You have not blown away. You can get what you want and you are worth having it, believe in yourself.

While we are responsible for everything that The Lulz Boat is, we are not tied to this identity permanently. Behind this jolly visage of rainbows and top hats, we are people. People with a preference for music, a preference for food; we have varying taste in clothes and television, we are just like you. Even Hitler and Osama Bin Laden had these unique variations and style, and isn't that interesting to know? The mediocre painter turned supervillain liked cats more than we did.

Again, 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. We hope, wish, even beg, that the movement manifests itself into a revolution that can continue on without us. The support we've gathered for it in such a short space of time is truly overwhelming, and not to mention humbling. Please don't stop. Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve.

So with those last thoughts, it's time to say bon voyage. Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, 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.

Thank you for sailing with us. The breeze is fresh and the sun is setting, so now we head for the horizon.

Let it flow...

Lulz Security - our crew of six wishes you a happy 2011, and a shout-out to all of our battlefleet members and supporters across the globe

Not just Fox News reporting this guys. CNN & others are also reporting the same thing. I'll just keep my comments to myself. All we need is another thread filled with flame wars.

Originally Posted by tonybologna

Not just Fox News reporting this guys. CNN & others are also reporting the same thing. I'll just keep my comments to myself. All we need is another thread filled with flame wars.

I know it is genuine. but fox tends to make up news so I was just being wary. also I am pretty sure they are lying about the whole "giving up" thing.

Speculation has been flying back and forth since the shadowy hacker group Lulzsec announced that it was hanging up its keyboards and sailing the waters of easily obtainable (read: hackable) personal information no more. What made the group quit? "Y u hack no more," as some Internet communities might ask?

It's easy to come up with a few reasons why Lulzsec decided to duck out while the getting was good—all of two days after the group declared that the world should appreciate its "2 months of mayhem with more to come." Was the FBI closing in on the group? Were a series of counter-hacks against Lulzsec putting the once-anonymous members into the same, uncomfortable public light as the users whose account details they've been releasing? Did they just "lack the skills to keep it going," as one anonymous Lulzsec information dump on Pastebin suggests?

The Associated Press caught up with one of the verified members of Lulzsec to find out why the group seemed to turn on a dime and announce its surprise departure. And while bits and pieces of the speculation are indeed true, the member claims that the prevailing reason for Lulzsec leaving the scene was simple: Its members didn't care anymore.

"We're not quitting because we're afraid of law enforcement," said the Lulzsec member in an interview with the Associated Press "The press are getting bored of us, and we're getting bored of us."

It seems like a strange explanation on its face, given that Lulzsec seemingly made headlines by the Twitter post. The member went on to confirm that three or four members of Lulzsec–out of six total–were taking "a breather" and that the member him- or herself was also considering dropping out of the hacking scene altogether. As for what the other sailors on the Lulzboat might do, the member suggested that they could join up with Lulzsec's hacktivist partner, Anonymous.

Lulzsec allegedly still holds a decent chunk of data that it has yet to disseminate for public use. The same Lulzsec member said in a Friday interview that the group held at least 5 gigabytes of information from governments and law enforcement agencies worldwide—the "parting gift" by Lulzsec on Saturday was only a fraction of the potential information.

It remains to be seen whether the rest of the group's plunder will ever be let out into the wild. Or what might happen to its (former?) crew: According to the anonymous Lulzsec member, parts of the information about Lulzsec members released publicly by third-party hacker groups were indeed genuine. As well, "a distraction," claimed the member.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387583,00.asp