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Lulz Security, commonly abbreviated as LulzSec, was a black hat computer häçking group that claimed responsibility for several high profile attacks, including the compromise of user accounts from Sony Pictures in 2011. You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.

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Founded:May 2011
Motto:"The world's leaders in high-quality entertainment at your expense", "Laughing at your security since 2011"
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Number of volunteers:7

The group also claimed responsibility for taking the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. website offline.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.Some security professionals have commented that LulzSec has drawn attention to insecure systems and the dangers of password reuse.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. It has gained attention due to its high profile targets and the sarcastic messages it has posted in the aftermath of its attacks. One of the founders of LulzSec was computer security specialist You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., who used the online moniker Sabu. He later helped law enforcement track down other members of the organization as part of a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. At least four associates of LulzSec were arrested in March 2012 as part of this investigation. British authorities had previously announced the arrests of two teenagers they allege are LulzSec members You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. and Topiary.

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At just after midnight (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.+01) on 26 June 2011, LulzSec released a "50 days of lulz" statement, which they claimed to be their final release, confirming that LulzSec consisted of six members, and that their website is to be shut down.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. This breaking up of the group was unexpected.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. The release included accounts and passwords from many different sources. Despite claims of retirement, the group committed another häçk against newspapers owned by You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. on 18 July, defacing them with false reports regarding the death of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. The group helped launch You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., a joint effort involving LulzSec, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., and other häçkers.




Background and history
A federal indictment against members contends that, prior to forming the häçking collective known as LulzSec, the six members were all part of another collective called Internet Feds, a group in rivalry with You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Under this name, the group attacked websites belonging to You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., and You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. This includes the alleged You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.in which e-mail messages were stolen from HBGary accounts. In May 2011, following the publicity surrounding the HBGary häçks, six members of Internet Feds founded the group LulzSec.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.

The group's first recorded attack was against You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.'s website,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. though they still may have been using the name Internet Feds at the time.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. It claimed responsibility for leaking information, including passwords, altering several employees' You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. profiles, and leaking a database of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.contestants containing contact information of 73,000 contestants.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. They claimed to do so because the rapper You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. had been referred to as "vile" on air.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.

LulzSec drew its name from the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. "You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.", (from You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.), "laughing out loud", which represents laughter, and "Sec", short for "Security". The You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. characterized its attacks as closer to Internet pranks than serious cyber-warfare,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. while the group itself claimed to possess the capability of stronger attacks.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. It gained attention in part due to its brazen claims of responsibility and lighthearted taunting of corporations that were häçked. It frequently referred to You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. when defacing websites. The group emerged in May 2011, and successfully attacked websites of several major corporations.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. It specialized in finding websites with poor security, s†éáling and posting information from them online. It used well-known straightforward methods, such as You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., to attack its target websites.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Several media sources have described their tactics as You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. häçking.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Members of the group may have been involved in a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. against the security firm You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.

The group used the motto "Laughing at your security since 2011!" and its website, created in June 2011, played the theme from You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. It announced its exploits via Twitter and its own website, often accompanied with lighthearted You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. drawings of boats. Its website also included a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.donation link to help fund its activities.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Ian Paul of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.wrote that, "As its name suggests, LulzSec claims to be interested in mocking and embarrassing companies by exposing security flaws rather than s†éáling data for criminal purposes."You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. The group was also critical of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. häçkers, claiming that many of them have been corrupted by their employers.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.

Some in the security community contended that the group raised awareness of the widespread lack of effective security against häçkers.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. They were credited with inspiring You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., a group implicated in several high-profile website häçks in Canada.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.

In June 2011 the group took suggestions for sites to hit with You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. The group redirected telephone numbers to different customer support lines, including the line for You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., magnets.com, and the FBI You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.office. The group claimed this sent five to 20 calls per second to these sources, overwhelming their support officers.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. On 24 June 2011, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. released leaked logs of one of the group's IRC chats, revealing that the core group was a small group of häçkers with a leader Sabu who exercised large control over the group's activities. It also revealed that the group had connections with You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., though was not formally affiliated with it. Some LulzSec members had once been prominent Anonymous members, including member Topiary.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.

At just after midnight (UTC) on 26 June 2011, LulzSec released a "50 days of lulz" statement, which they claimed to be their final release, confirming that LulzSec consisted of six members, and that their website was to be taken down.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.The group claimed that they had planned to be active for only fifty days from the beginning.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. "We're not quitting because we're afraid of law enforcement. The press are getting bored of us, and we're getting bored of us," a group member said in an interview to the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Members of the group were reported to have joined with Anonymous members to continue the AntiSec operation.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. However, despite claiming to retire, the group remained in communication as it attacked the websites of British newspapers You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. and You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. on 18 July, leaving a false story on the death of owner You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.


Former members and associates
LulzSec consisted of seven core members.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. The online handles of these seven were established through various attempts by other häçking groups to release personal information of group members on the internet, leaked IRC logs published by You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., and through confirmation from the group itself.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.

  • Sabu – One of the group's founders, who seemed to act as a kind of leader for the group, Sabu would often decide what targets to attack next and who could participate in these attacks. He may have been part of the Anonymous group that häçked You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Various attempts to release his real identity have claimed that he is an You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. with the strongest häçking skills of the group and a knowledge of the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. programming language. It was thought that Sabu was involved in the media outrage cast of 2010 using the skype "anonymous.sabu"You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Sabu was arrested in June 2011 and identified as a 29-year-old unemployed man from New York’s Lower East Side. On 15 August, he pleaded guilty to several häçking charges and agreed to cooperate with the FBI. Over the following seven months he successfully unmasked the other members of the group.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Sabu was identified by Backtrace Security as Hector Montsegur on 11 March 2011 in a PDF publication named "Namshub." You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.
  • Topiary – Topiary was also a suspected former member of the Anonymous, where he used to perform media relations, including häçking the website of the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. during a live interview.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Topiary ran the LulzSec Twitter account on a daily basis; following the announcement of LulzSec's dissolution, he deleted all the posts on his Twitter page, except for one, which stated: "You cannot arrest an idea".You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Police arrested a man from You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. suspected of being Topiary on 27 July 2011.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. The man was later identified as Jake Davis and was charged with five counts, including unauthorized access of a computer and conspiracy.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. He was indicted on conspiracy charges on 6 March 2012.
  • You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. – Ryan Ackroyd of London, and another unidentified individual known as "lol" or "Shock.ofgod" in LulzSec chat logs. Kayla owned a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. used by the group in their distributed denial-of-service attacks. The botnet is reported to have consisted of about 800,000 infected You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Kayla was involved in several high-profile attacks under the group "gn0sis". Kayla also may have participated in the Anonymous operation against HBGary. Kayla reportedly wiretapped 2 CIA agents in an anonymous operation. Kayla was also involved in the 2010 media outrage under the Skype handle "Pastorhoudaille".You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Kayla is suspected of having been something of a deputy to Sabu and to have found the vulnerabilities that allowed LulzSec access to the United States Senate systems. One of the men behind the handle Kayla was identified as Ryan Ackroyd of London, arrested, and indicted on conspiracy charges on 6 March 2012.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.
  • You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. The fourth founding member of the group identified in chat logs, attempts to identify him have labelled him a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. coder, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., and performer of scams on You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. The group placed him in charge of maintenance and security of the group's website lulzsecurity.com.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. London Metropolitan Police announced the arrest of a 16-year-old häçker going by the handle Tflow on 19 July 2011.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.
  • Avunit – He is one of the core seven members[You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.]of the group, but not a founding member. He left the group after their self-labelled "**** the FBI Friday". He was also affiliated with Anonymous AnonOps HQ.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. Avunit is the only one of the core seven members that has not been identified.
  • Pwnsauce – Pwnsauce joined the group around the same time as Avunit and became one of its core members.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. He was identified as Darren Martyn of Ireland and was indicted on conspiracy charges on 6 March 2012. The Irish national worked as a local chapter leader for the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., resigning one week before his arrest.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.
  • Palladium – Identified as Donncha O'Cearbhaill of Ireland, he was indicted on conspiracy on 6 March 2012.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.
  • Anarchaos – Identified as You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. of Chicago, he was arrested on access device fraud and häçking charges. He was also charged with a häçking attack on the U.S. security company Stratfor in December 2011. He is said to be a member of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.
  • Ryan Cleary, who sometimes used the handle ViraL. Cleary faced a sentence of 32 months in relation to attacks against the US Air Force and others.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.
Other members still may be active as to this time, they have not yet been identified.


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