LulzSec Says Goodbye with New Data Dump

PC World ^ | June 26. 2011 | Ian Paul

[Bad~Rodeo]

LulzSec the hacker group that has been a thorn in the side of major institutions ranging from Sony to the CIA, says it is going away -- but not quietly.

The group said late Saturday it would disband. In what it says is its final act of mayhem, it publicly unloaded a trove of documents containing a significant amount of compressed data.

"Our planned 50-day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance...our crew of six wishes you a happy 2011," LulzSec says in its final message. .

The group says it chose to end its campaign on Saturday because the day marked "something meaningful" to LulzSec. Saturday was the 108th anniversary of the birth of author George Orwell, who wrote classic novels including Animal Farm and 1984. LulzSec later appeared to confirm its affinity to Orwell by retweeting this message..

Before Saturday, LulzSec never officially announced that the group would disband after more than seven weeks of online antics. In fact, it had said previously it would continue hacking until its members were caught..

British police recently arrested a 19-year-old man named Ryan Cleary in relation to a recent LulzSec hack, but the group denies that Cleary was involved with the group's hacking activities. No other arrests have so far been made. The hacker group's goodbye message didn't mention Cleary's arrest..

Still, it's possible that group members were growing wary of the attention directed at them. .

A variety of documents and blog posts have appeared online claiming to unmask the group's members, the Guardian recently published purported leaked records from a LulzSec IRC chat room and several news organizations have claimed to interview LulzSec members. Law enforcement around the globe is also hoping to have a chat with members of

[Bad~Rodeo]

LulzSec Doxed

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Barrett Brown is a part time journalist and is a contributor to The Huffington Post, Vanity Fair, Guardian and several others

[DainBramage]

And Daily Kos

[Londo Molari]

Data dump — I wonder how many people will have their credit card info comprimised. When caught, prison for the next 10 years ought to do it.

[harpu]

"When caught, prison for the next 10 years ought to do it."

Ideally in a cell with someone who prefers young nerdy boys over masturbation.

[netmilsmom]

HA!!! Nice to see them taken down.

[netmilsmom]

But you know if they had stayed out of the political crap and just showed the gaps in security on the internet, they would be heroes.

[Tanniker Smith]

LulzSec Says Goodbye

I CAN HAZ DATA DUMPZ?

[Charlespg]

I’m surprised a few of these little S**** aren’t found face down in a ditch,but maybe they only hacked western computers

[Bad~Rodeo]

Hope your shots are up to date

[bvw]

Too bad, they waited too long and crossed too many trip-wires.

[Soothesayer9]

for the next 10 years

Nice try Obama. No tax hikes, thank you :)

[Bad~Rodeo]

Don't worry, they didn't. Operation AntiSec will continue under Anonymous. See below:

Operations AntiSec : Anonymous takes down Tunisian government site. Monday, June 27, 2011

[bvw]

Maybe, I just made a gut call. Followed part of the madness for a hour of loitering and thence posted my “sense”. Mostly judging by cockiness, the ultra-cocky are usually maxed just as the great nutcracker of fate crunches down upon them.