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LulzSec announces ‘Bon Voyage’

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Lulz Security the hacker group that attacked several government and commercial websites over the last two months has announced that it is disbanding. It made it’s announcement through its Twitter account, giving no reason for its decision. A statement published on a file-sharing website said that its “planned 50-day cruise has expired”. The group leapt to prominence by carrying out attacks on companies such as Sony and Nintendo. It also carried out attacks on US broadcasters Fox and PBS and also the CIA, and the United States Senate. However the group said it plans to release a selection of documents … Continue reading LulzSec announces ‘Bon Voyage’

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Lulz Security Mastermind Arrested

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A 19 year old man from Essex, named as Ryan Cleary has been arrested over hacking into websites. Police have not confirmed the identity of the man however. It is thought that the man may have been involved with the hacking group LulzSec (Laugh Security) which recently broke into US Government sites; involved in breaking into Sony’s database, PBS Broadcasting, Infragard the FBI affiliated website, Senate.gov (the US Senate website) and Nintendo’s site. Lulz Sec have succeeded in putting the websites down by DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) where the sites servers are overwhelmed with requests for pages.  The group … Continue reading Lulz Security Mastermind Arrested