In Real Life

Former LulzSec Leader Was A Troublemaker Both Offline And Online

It’s now a well-worn adage that online, each of us can be anyone. You recognise an individual by their typed words and actions. It’s possible to get to know someone very personally indeed, and yet know virtually nothing about their daily lives. Where do they work? What city do they live in? How do they move through the physical world?


March 7, 2012
News

LulzSec Leaders No Longer Anonymous After Arrests Worldwide

Hacker collective LulzSec spent much of last year causing chaos for gamers and video game companies. Among other exploits, they targeted BioWare, Sony, Nintendo, EVE Online and Minecraft.


July 28, 2011
News

Lulzsec’s Public Voice Arrested

A “spokesperson” for hacking collective Lulzsec, who among other targets hit the online operations of Nintendo and Sony, has been arrested in the United Kingdom. [ZDNet]


June 28, 2011
News

Suspected LulzSec Hacker Out On Bail

Ryan Cleary, 19, was arrested early last week in connection with a string of attacks on websites around the world. He was recently released on bail.


June 27, 2011
News

Lulzsec Hackers Call It Quits

Whether planned retirement (or, more likely, hounded into disbanding), Lulzsec, the unlovable clowns behind hack operations against BioWare, Sony, Nintendo, EVE Online and Minecraft, ended its brief reign of semi-terror today with its final dump of stolen data, highlighted by 550,000 user names and passwords for the Battlefield Heroes beta of 2009. Another 50,000 users’ data from “random gaming forums” also were published. You can read their self-aggrandizing farewell at the link. [Gawker]


June 23, 2011
News

Suspected Lulz Hacker Told Mum He Was Gaming, Not Hacking

The teen linked by international law enforcement to anarchist hacking group LulzSec told family he was spending his days and nights locked in his room gaming, not hacking, the Mirror reports.


June 21, 2011
News

Teen Arrested On Suspicion Of Hacking. Possible LulzSec Connection?

According to the BBC, a 19-year-old male was arrested in Essex. Scotland Yard wouldn’t confirm if the arrest was connected to a LulzSec attack on a police website, but did confirm it was followed a string of denial of service attacks. [BBC]


June 18, 2011
In Real Life

The LulzSec Manifesto: More Sec Than Lulz

In honour of its thousandth tweet—and on the heels of compromising the websites of the CIA, US Senate, Sony, and more—the crew of the good ship LulzSec has presented the world with a manifesto, of sorts. So who is LulzSec? And is it they want?


June 15, 2011
News

Roving Hackers ‘LulzSec’ Take Down Minecraft, EVE Online

According to their Twitter updates, LulzSec has launched DDoS attacks – either on purpose or as a side effect of a mass hack attempt – that has taken down EVE Online, Escapist magazine and Minecraft, proving conclusively that they hate everyone equally.


June 14, 2011
News

Lulz Security Raids Bethesda Softworks Servers And US Senate

The scurvy dogs aboard the SS Lulz have raided Bethesda Softwork’s servers after unsuccessfully trying to extort game info out of them. Ah well. They’ve also released a bunch of internal data from the US Senate’s website for further giggling.