Re: Re: LulzSec and Anonymous   
     By: Nightfox to Dreamer on Mon Jun 20 2011 01:22 pm   
      
    > ..and why are they doing this?  This sounds like something an anarchy group   
    > would do.  Unless they have a good reason, it seems like a nuisance.   
      
   According to what I've read, they started mostly for the fun of it.  Most white   
   hats hack a site to show that it's not secured; apparently, this is part of   
   what they do.  The other part is for the laughs.   
      
   For instance, how many times has Sony and its various companies been hacked?   
   After Sony supposedly tightened all its security, they went in and owned them   
   again.   
      
   They put out their public number, and went on a hacking spree one day.  I   
   remember reading an article about that, where the author described why each   
   site was hit.  At the end of it, he mentioned Eve Online had been hit, and many   
   gamers were pissed; no one really knew why.  He posted an update a couple hours   
   later relating a tweet by one of Lulz's followers to the effect of "Thanks   
   guys, now my guy has to spend his time with ME!"  lol   
      
   So far, most of their hacks have been kinda funny in a roundabout way.  That's   
   why they call themselves Lulz Security... Lulz = LOLs  :)   
      
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   oh yeah, and gotta especially love the one where they hacked pron.com, and got   
   their user/password list...  exposed several users logging in from governmental   
   emails (one of which was apparently used for whitehouse staffers)...nice :)   
      
      
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