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Anyone Else Following All The "Hacking" Stories? (e.g., LulzSec)

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  1. RC Cola

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    Not sure if I am just more aware of these stories since the PSN hack event, or if things are just really crazy right now. Lots of sites are getting "hacked" (a lot of them are just DDoS attacks I think though, which don't really count IMO).

    Best known ones are probably the targets of LulzSec. Wikipedia page:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LulzSec
    Skimming over that, they've "hacked" PBS, CIA, Senate.gov, Sony, Fox.com, Bethesda, Nintendo, Minecraft, EVE Online, the British NHS, and more (as I mentioned earlier though, some of these were more severe than others).

    There seems to be some "hacker war" with them, th3j35t3r (yeah, I don't know), and Anonymous.

    Along with that, seem to recall seeing other stories of comprised data (Citibank had a major one IIRC? And something about Gmail). Not sure if they're related, or the acts of other groups. Seems like BioWare and Sega were just recently "hacked" too (not sure if anyone has taken credit for those).

    So...better get off the Internet I guess. Mountains are pretty nice this time of the year.
     
    #1 RC Cola, Jun 17, 2011
  2. RoxSqaud

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    Go outside.
     
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  3. DonnyMost

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    Why the hell would you hack PBS?

    That's like picking on the nicest wimpy kid in school.
     
    #3 DonnyMost, Jun 17, 2011
  4. Tfj4

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    Pretty sure they didn't hack Cia.Gov they just DDOS'ed it.
     
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  5. RC Cola

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    LulzSec is targeting a lot of companies that don't make sense. Game companies (and mostly good ones at that, no Activision/EA/etc. ) and PBS aren't exactly the usual major targets for hackers. Even for "lulz" I'd think.


    And yeah, CIA attack was just DDoS I think. As were a lot of the attacks actually. I included them with the rest (and call them "hacks", with quotes), but there is a difference.
     
    #5 RC Cola, Jun 17, 2011
  6. RMGEEGEE

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    I just heard that it was lulzsec versus the 4chan guys. I guess both groups trying to outdo the other. Almost like a game of horse.
     
    #6 RMGEEGEE, Jun 17, 2011
  7. JuanValdez

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    Hacking the CIA seems ill-advised. They have some pretty good computer guys there, I bet. And, they won't think twice about taking you to a black site in the Albanian countryside for "interrogations."
     
    #7 JuanValdez, Jun 17, 2011
  8. Dr of Dunk

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    Things really are getting crazy. Bunch of nerds getting together for nerd warfare. So damn annoying. And what makes it worse is these companies that keep things like your credit card number on file.

    BTW, you forgot the best one... British spies hacked into an Al Qaeda site and replaced a bomb-making recipe they displayed with a cupcake recipe from an Ellen Degeneres show. That was awesome hacking. lol.
     
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  9. AroundTheWorld

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    I chatted with a friend on Facebook chat about this, and all of a sudden we both had to enter captcha codes repeatedly. Anyone know what's up with that? There seems to be some kind of monitoring built into Facebook chat.

    By the way, he also sent me a link to the lulzsec page where all those user name/password combinations are listed (they even hacked 55 p*rn site admins). I'm not linking to it here, but I guess it's public?
     
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  10. RC Cola

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    I think they all came from 4chan, at least at some point, although Anonymous kind of spread outside of 4chan (and I guess so is LulzSec). No idea about th3j35t3r or any others (I just know th3j35t3r is apparently good at what he does).

    Only difference is that LulzSec seems to have different motives. Other groups seemed to convince themselves they were doing things for "good" (e.g., taking down the Westboro Baptist Church website). LulzSec is just being annoying at best, and at worst...well, maybe best not to think about.

    Not sure they're trying to outdo each other at this point (they have different "targets"), as much as they want to "expose" each other.


    Yep.

    And even if these groups are only in it for the "lulz", they could be opening the door for other, less "ethical" hackers. IIRC, the PSN hack involved a DDoS attack (by Anonymous I think, though may have been LulzSec), which the "real" hackers used to help get access to their servers/databases.


    You're right! I completely forgot about that one. And it was indeed awesome. Why couldn't these guys just do stuff like that?

    (probably too hard)


    I think they (LulzSec) released one or more lists of usernames/passwords. I think one of them was from WordSpace or some site like that.

    Looking again at their Twitter page, they have 62,000 username and passwords (apparently from multiple sites?). Guess I just said where to get them...but I'm guessing any "evil" hackers already knew about them anyway, so maybe better to know if you're "on the list." Apparently, some accounts were used to gain access to Facebook, Amazon, Paypal, etc.

    Great group of guys within that LulzSec group. :rolleyes:
     
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    One day these r****ds will get caught and go to jail.
     
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    That Jester guy seems to be elite.

    Isn't he the one that dealt with Anon after all the wikileaks stuff?

    And now these Lulzsec guys have pissed him off?
     
    #15 Coach AI, Jun 18, 2011
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    lol.

    1) "Member" of lulzsec arrested in England.
    2) Media fires up the propoganda: "MASTERMIND ARRESTED! WORLD SAFE FROM TERROR!"
    3) lulzsec announces it was just some poor kid who ran their IRC channel.
    4) *crickets*
     
    #16 rhadamanthus, Jun 21, 2011
  17. Surfguy

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    From what I read, they hacked PBS because of some WikiLeaks documentary they aired. I guess it didn't paint WikiLeaks in a good light.
     
    #17 Surfguy, Jun 21, 2011
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    The Google/gmail hack was most likely the work of the PRC.
     
    #18 pradaxpimp, Jun 21, 2011
  19. rcoleman15

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    Looks like LulzSec is history.

    Link:
    http://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/articles/169577/20110625/lulzsec-sails-into-sunset-as-teamp0ison-terrorizes-internet-antisec-anti-security-anonymous-hacker.htm

     
    #19 rcoleman15, Jun 26, 2011
  20. TesseracT

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    Hopefully. These guys are a bunch of complete losers. If you want to hack stuff, how about you hack companies that deserved to be hacked. Not useful stuff that ruins it for people who use their services.
     
    #20 TesseracT, Jun 26, 2011
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