Lulz sets its crosshairs for social media
By David Howells
20/06/2011
Notorious internet hacker Lulzsec has announced its next target; personal email and social media.
Whilst the Lulzsec hacks have typically been against large corporations, its new modus operandi is publishing the account details it has found online and encouraging its fans to do some amateur hacking of their own.
In a press release published on its website, Lulzsec gave a list of 62,000 logins thought to be for sites such as Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail. The accompanying information encouraged users to take the details and use them to their own ends, whichever that may entail.
With this most recent release, Lulzsec has taken its focus away from large businesses and opened a forum for much more personal attacks; encouraging everyone from CEOs down to the recreational internet user to utilise effective IT system management and be wary of potential hacks.
The release, written for lulzsecurity.com, explained: "These are random assortments from a collection, so don't ask which site they're from or how old they are, because we have no idea.
"We also can't confirm what percentage still work, but be creative or something."
Following this announcement, Lulz issued another in celebration of its 1000th Tweet, this time aligning itself with those who hack into Facebook and other social accounts.
Printed on v3.co.uk, the statement read: "Most of you reading this love the idea of wrecking someone else's online experience anonymously.
"It's appealing and unique, there are no two account hijackings that are the same ... and there's certainly no limit to the lulz lizadry that we all partake in on some level."
