Hacker group LulzSec calls it a day
By Ashley Curtis
27/06/2011
Infamous hacking group LulzSec, responsible for a number of high-profile digital breaches, has hung up its hacking tools and called it a day.
After a series of hacks on the CIA, the US Senate, gaming firm Bethesda and many more unfortunate victims, the group has decided to cease all operations and retire from the hacking scene.
However, the group had one final surprise before bowing out, according to The Inquirer - the release of the personal details of 750,000 people from gaming firm EA's Battlefield Heroes Beta, Hackforums.net data, sensitive AOL information and other sources.
According to the group, LulzSec had an expiry date of 50 days from the get-go.
Now that the group is retiring, much to the jubilation of businesses around the world, firms should now be fully aware of the ramifications of not installing comprehensive IT systems management software with anti-virus and anti-malware.
SC Magazine cited the press release from the hacking collective, which read: "For the past 50 days, we've been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could.
"The support we've gathered for it in such a short space of time is truly overwhelming and not to mention humbling. Please don't stop. Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve."
