Hackers attack Minecraft, Eve, LoL, The Escapist, etc. WTF?

sNeaksieGarrett on 26/6/2011 at 05:35

(http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/lulzseccallsitquitsafter50daysofhacks)

And they expect people reading their statement to "lulz" along with them? Are you fucking serious? All this "just because"?:mad: They can't even come up with a justification for doing it, just "haha lol we wanted to hack just because"? I mean, come on, they could have hacked it for taking down the big corps or something.

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UPDATE
Another link from (http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/27/lulzsec-disbands-final-attack-reveals-hundreds-of-thousands-of-battlefield-heroes-passwords/) PC GAMER

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Battlefield Heroes was taken offline over the weekend as a result of the security breach, which say thousands of user names and passwords stolen from EA's databases. In an official statement, EA say that “No emails, account history, credit card numbers or payment methods” were compromised, but it's a good idea to change your Battlefield Hereos password if you have one."

kabatta on 26/6/2011 at 06:44

Apparently some real hackers got annoyed with them and started working. Or so the news say.

Avalon on 26/6/2011 at 09:01

All the hacking was moronic to begin with, but these groups crossed the line when they began to hack law enforcement and military websites - and then release the personal information of people employed with those agencies. It's one thing to release information that just makes CEO faces go red, it's another when it can (and probably will) lead to people being killed.

No one's going to hunt down Joe Schmoe #38482 because they saw his name in a list of tons of mass-released credit card information, but when angry political activists and criminals get the addresses of officers who worked the cases of getting their friends deported or helped put them in prison or whatever else, havoc will ensue.

These guys also pissed off pretty much everyone because no one was safe. If they just hacked the government, we'd probably have laughed, but everyone ended up the victim. Hacker group Anonymous has thrived because it pulls an angle that some people can get behind and understand, but Lulz was just shooting at anyone.

Nameless Voice on 26/6/2011 at 12:49

They crossed the line when they started attacking games and game websites. They talk nonsense about "stomping on oppressors" for "the thrill of entertainment", while at the same time attacking the very forms of entertainment which are the backbone of the Internet.

Hacking things to make political statements? Okay, I guess.
Hacking things to annoy as many people as possible? Get lost and good riddance.

Yakoob on 26/6/2011 at 12:52

Well, once they went after stuff like Minecraft or even Eve it was pretty obvious they had no agenda besides "just because." At least they're honest about it, huh...

dexterward on 26/6/2011 at 14:02

Problem is, "they" are impossible to identify. Anyone can claim credit - or blame someone - and we will be none the wiser, so it`s totally pointless. Only good for media obsessed with the "new" media.

sNeaksieGarrett on 26/6/2011 at 14:13

I had that thought too Yakoob, but this article just confirmed it is all.

sNeaksieGarrett on 24/7/2011 at 15:13

(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43844291/ns/us_news-christian_science_monitor/) Some hackers caught from Anonymous? Why they may not be so secure after all