lulzsec

LulzSec hacker Cody Kretsigner has been sentenced to one year in prison for his role in the hacking of Sony Pictures' website. Following the completion of his prison term, the 25-year-old Kretsigner faces a period of home detention. Kretsinger will ... also have to perform 1,000 hours of community service. LulzSec is affiliated with the better-known hacking (or 'hacktivist') organization Anonymous. In recent years the group has taken credit for attacks on organizations in both the private and public sectors. Kretsinger Stole, Shared Customer Data LulzSec member Kretsigner, who also goes by the ... (view more)

A hacking group says it has acquired personal information associated with 12 million Apple user accounts, and that it got those details by hacking into an FBI agent's computer. So far, the group has published data from one million of those Apple ... accounts. The publication comes from LulzSec , a group whose name is a combination of "security" and a slang term for carrying out online activities for the sake of amusement ("Lulz"). Last summer, the same group leaked documents belonging to Sony Pictures. LulzSec claimed it ceased operations after a 50-day campaign. But later it re-emerged ... (view more)

Members of the international hacking group LulzSec ("Lulz Security") have discovered their worst nightmare may have come true. It appears that one of the group's leading figures was working as an undercover FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) ... informer for the past nine months. The news emerged this week with the arrest of five suspects in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. All those arrested are said to be members of the LulzSec group, which emerged last summer and quickly made a name for itself as a leading organization of highly proficient hackers ... (view more)

Hacker group Lulz Security (otherwise known as "LulzSec") has apparently called it quits after wreaking havoc against several different big-name companies and organizations, including PBS, Sony, and Nintendo. (Source: cnet.com ) In a public ... announcement last week, LulzSec said it would be disbanding its group. "Not surprisingly, they are quitting. Lulzsec members are feeling the heat and are busy avoiding arrest. As predicted, the end of Lulzsec was inevitable. During this [past] week they tried to cover up themselves in order to avoid arrest by: regrouping with Anonymous, ... (view more)

Two major hacking collectives have announced they've forged a partnership. Anonymous and LulzSec say they are targeting high-profile classified information. The two groups do not carry out hacking in order to make money, either by stealing card ... details or selling bogus security software. Instead, they carry out a blend of hacktivism (a portmanteau of hack and activism), attacks made for a political purpose, or simply for amusement. The Anonymous group has carried out several politically-motivated operations in recent months. Among its most famous activities have been attacks on the homophobic ... (view more)