24 Facts About LulzSec

Lulz Security, commonly abbreviated as LulzSec, was a black hat computer hacking group that claimed responsibility for several high profile attacks, including the compromise of user accounts from PlayStation Network in 2011.

Some security professionals have commented that LulzSec has drawn attention to insecure systems and the dangers of password reuse.

One of the founders of LulzSec was computer security specialist Hector Monsegur, who used the online moniker Sabu.

LulzSec later helped law enforcement track down other members of the organization as part of a plea deal.

At least four associates of LulzSec were arrested in March 2012 as part of this investigation.

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At just after midnight 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 shut down.

Some LulzSec members had once been prominent Anonymous members, including member Topiary.

At just after midnight 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.

LulzSec responded by claiming that Hijazi offered to pay them to attack his business opponents and that they never intended to take any money from him.

LulzSec has denied responsibility for misuse of any of the data they breached and released.

LulzSec said that by releasing lists of hacked usernames or informing the public of vulnerable websites, it gave users the opportunity to change names and passwords elsewhere that might otherwise have been exploited, and businesses would be alarmed and would upgrade their security.

LulzSec claimed the loosening of copyright laws and the rollback of what he sees as corrupt racial profiling practices as some of the group's goals.

On 14 June 2011, LulzSec took down four websites by request of fans as part of their "Titanic Take-down Tuesday".

LulzSec claimed to have hacked local InfraGard chapter sites, a non-profit organization affiliated with the FBI.

LulzSec posted various personal information about the two on Pastebin including IP addresses and physical addresses.

LulzSec claimed that this was in protest of the law passed in Arizona requiring some aliens to carry registration documents at all times.

On 25 June 2011, LulzSec released what they described as their last data dump.

LulzSec responded by saying that they had obtained no such data and that whoever posted the notice was not from the group.

However, LulzSec denied any involvement, stating "we didn't attack The Sun or The Times in any way with any kind of DDoS attack".

LulzSec claimed the logs were not from one of their core chatting channels, but rather a secondary channel used to screen potential backups and gather research.

Short time before LulzSec claimed to be disbanding, a group calling itself the A-Team posted what they claimed was a full list of LulzSec members online along with numerous chat logs of the group communicating with each other.

LulzSec is suspected of using the name "recursion" and assisting LulzSec in their early hack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, though he allegedly erased the hard drives he used to carry out the attack.

On 8 April 2013, Jake 'Topiary' Davis and three other LulzSec members pleaded guilty to charges of computer hacking at Southwark Crown Court in London.

Flannery, who said the reference to LulzSec was a joke, lost his job of computer technician in a security company.