Neowin News Feed for: Lulzsec

LulzSec hacker leader "Sabu" could be a free man this week

John Callaham — Mon, 26 May 2014 14:38:55 +0000

Hector Xavier Monsegur, better known as "Sabu", the former leader of the LulzSec hacker group, could be a free man this week thanks to his cooperation with U.S law enforcement to bring down the group. Read more...

Lulzsec member who hacked Sony Pictures pleads guilty

Tyler Holman — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:37:12 +0000

Neuron, a member of Lulzsec, faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to hacking into Sony Pictures' website and making off with private information on thousands of people. Read more...

Second LulzSec suspect arrested over year-old hacking incident

Paul Ferson — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:50:43 +0000

An attack on Sony Pictures' website, more than a year ago, has not gone unpunished. A second suspect in the attack has been arrested over his crimes, and could face 15 years imprisonment for them. Read more...

Hacker 'AnonymouSabu' gains an additional six months of freedom

Paul Ferson — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:09:26 +0000

Notorious hacker 'AnonymouSabu' has gained an additional six months of freedom before his sentencing trial begins, due to his willingness to cooperate with the government he previously fought against. Read more...

Lulzsec members plead guilty to UK court

Tyler Holman — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:06:00 +0000

Ryan Cleary and Jake Davis, two teenage members of Lulzsec, have plead guilty to hacking charges before a UK court, while two other accused members, including a minor, are denying any involvement. Read more...

Is Lulzsec coming back?

Tyler Holman — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 05:30:54 +0000

According to Lulzsec, 'all your base are belong to us.' Or at least, according to someone claiming to be Lulzsec - a new video on YouTube claims the group is planning a big come back data dump. Read more...

Hacker group taking over LulzSec name for new attacks

John Callaham — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:30:35 +0000

A cyber attack on the dating web site militarysingles.com has been claimed by a hacker group that calls itself LulzSec, a few weeks after the leader of that group assisted law enforcement teams. Read more...

Hacktivists compromised 100 million users' data in 2011

Nathan Tsui — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:43:54 +0000

A study from Verizon analyzed 855 breach incidents from 2011, and found that 100 million of the 177 million individual records stolen by hackers were taken by so-called "hacktivists." Read more...

Hackers slip into Digital Playground, steal credit card info

Christopher White — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:29:19 +0000

Digital Playground, one of the most popular pornography sites on the web, was hacked today. Over 40,000 credit card numbers and 72,000 usernames and passwords were stolen. Read more...

Anonymous targets Vatican, says “a storm is coming”

Andy Weir — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:42:45 +0000

Anonymous brings down the Vatican website for several hours, citing numerous criticisms against the Roman Catholic Church. There may be more to come, as the group claims we "ain't seen nothing yet". Read more...

Sabu was a model informant, spied all night on LulzSec

Nathan Tsui — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:46:47 +0000

According to court documents that were made public Thursday, Sabu, who betrayed his fellow LulzSec hackers by working with the FBI, was a model informant who worked around the clock to help the feds. Read more...

Anonymous hacks security site, leaves message for Sabu

Andy Weir — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:49:00 +0000

Anonymous hijacks the website of a security software firm, leaving an open message for 'Sabu', the former leader of LulzSec, who was revealed to be working with the FBI against his former comrades. Read more...

LulzSec turncoat pretended to be an FBI agent

Tyler Holman — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:40:34 +0000

Now that's actually kind of sad. Apparently the turncoat leader of LulzSec, Sabu, was charged with criminal impersonation last month after informing a police officer that he was an FBI agent named Boo Read more...

LulzSec leader joins the Feds (Update: Anonymous responds)

Tyler Holman — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:10:34 +0000

Sabu, the leader of LulzSec, has officially joined forces with his archenemy, the FBI, leading them to arrest other key members of the infamous antisec organization on Tuesday morning. Read more...

LulzSec and Anonymous suspects arrested

John Callaham — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:29:11 +0000

In two separate incidents, alleged members of the LulzSec and Anonymous hacker groups have been arrested and charged with being involved in hack attacks on web sites earlier this summer. Read more...

Two more UK men arrested in Anonymous-LulzSec investigaton

John Callaham — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:33:34 +0000

Two more men from the UK have been arrested in connection with cyber attacks allegedly conducted by the well known Anonymous and LulzSec hacker groups. Read more...

AntiSec releases 10GB of confidential government data

Andrew Lyle — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:50:37 +0000

One of the largest ever caches of confidential data has been released by the LulzSec inspired group, AntiSec Read more...

Alleged LulzSec spokesperson "Topiary" released on bail

John Callaham — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:52:28 +0000

The person believed by UK law enforcement to be a member of the hacker group LulzSec has been released on bail after being arrested last week. Read more...

LulzSec spokesman "Topiary" charged by UK police

Tom Dwyer — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:36:54 +0000

Earlier this week the UK police announced that they had arrested a suspected member of hacking group LulzSec. “Topiary” the apparent spokesperson was today charged with conspiracy to carry out a DDOS attack and unauthorised computer... Read more...

LulzSec spokesman "Topiary" has been arrested say UK police [Update: LulzSec confirms]

Tom Dwyer — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:41:00 +0000

Whilst LulzSec may now have disbanded, the police are still investigating their actions and have now released a statement announcing they have arrested a prominent LulzSec member under the name of Topiary. Topiary was named as... Read more...

FBI raids homes of alleged members of Anonymous in NY

Tzvi Friedman — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:24:41 +0000

While Lulzsec took the spotlight yesterday afternoon in its successful defacement of The Sun’s website, displaying an article that claimed Rupert Murdoch had died, the FBI was busy following through on search warrants in NY... Read more...

The Sun website hacked by Lulzsec, Rupert Murdoch claimed dead [Updated]

Owen Williams — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:55:27 +0000

There's been a lot of media coverage around the News of the World hacking scandal this week, it appears that Lulzsec has stepped up against the parent company, Media Corp's other publications and has hacked... Read more...

Anonymous releases mass government data among other sensitive info

Tom Dwyer — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:39:26 +0000

The mark of the now disbanded LulzSec was reminisced today when Anonymous released government contracts, VPN credentials and private emails in keeping with their latest plan, Operation Anti-Security. The operation that initially gained attention when LulzSec... Read more...

Arizona police get hit by cyber attacks again

John Callaham — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:43:26 +0000

Arizona law enforcement is still a target of hackers performing cyber attacks. Last month the hacker group LulzSec released confidential info from the state's law enforcement files. Now another well known hacker group, Anonymous, has... Read more...

FBI raids Iowa home as part of LulzSec probe

John Callaham — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:17:10 +0000

The hacker group LulzSec may have told the world over the weekend that its hacking campaign was over but that doesn't mean the world's law enforcement agencies are not going after the group. Gawker reports... Read more...

LulzSec UK hacking suspect released on bail

John Callaham — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:16:06 +0000

After having to spend a couple of extra days in jail, the 19-year old UK resident accused of being associated with the LulzSec hacking group is now out but with some restrictions. The Daily Mirror... Read more...

The real reason Lulzsec called it quits, they were exposed?

Brad Sams — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:18:47 +0000

It was only yesterday that Lulzsec made an announcement that they were calling it quits. The group stated that after 50 days of exposing many different companies and government agencies, they were shutting things down... Read more...

LulzSec's final file dump includes Battlefield Heroes info

John Callaham — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:51:17 +0000

The hacker group LulzSec may have decided to stop their massive hacking campaign this weekend but that doesn't mean that the group didn't want to stage one final big release of data that it has... Read more...

Lulzsec calls it quits, ends hacking spree after 50 days

Brad Sams — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:57:20 +0000

Over the past 50 days Lulzsec has been drawing a lot of attention as they hacked many websites and released sensitive information to the Internet. In a posting today, Lulzsec said that they are stopping... Read more...

LulzSec hacking suspect has Asperger's syndrome

John Callaham — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:01:46 +0000

Ryan Cleary, the 19 year old man who was arrested earlier this week in an operation related to the LulzSec hacking group, was revealed to have Asperger's syndrome. The revelation came about in a court... Read more...

LulzSec: We will cease fire on all targets if Obama wears a shoe on his head

Tom Dwyer — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 02:15:29 +0000

After months of attacks on government and corporate websites LulzSec have finally offered a ceasefire on all targets. However there’s a catch. Through their occasional means of communication, they tweeted, “If President Obama wears a... Read more...

LulzSec insider info revealed via chatroom logs

John Callaham — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:48:17 +0000

What is it like to be part of the most well known hacker groups in the world? The Guardian posted up some info on that subject today. It released logs from the private chatroom used... Read more...

LulzSec releases private Arizona law enforcement files

John Callaham — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:10:16 +0000

Another day, another release of private files from LulzSec. Earlier today the very public and apparently very busy cyber hacking group announced on its official web site that it had "hundreds of private intelligence bulletins,... Read more...

Teenager now charged over LulzSec website attack

Stefano Elia — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:35:54 +0000

A 19 year old teenager from the English county of Essex, has been charged by police over the attack that occurred on Monday against the United Kingdom's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) website. The name... Read more...

FBI shuts down web servers in Virginia

John Callaham — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:59:55 +0000

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is apparently the cause for the shut down of a number of web sites this week for currently unknown reasons. The New York Times (via MSNBC.com) is reporting that the... Read more...

Alleged teenage LulzSec leader arrested in Essex, UK [Update]

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:51:13 +0000

News has just broken claiming that the leader and mastermind of infamous hacking group LulzSec has been arrested in Wickford, Essex. The suspect in question is a 19-year-old male who was caught as a result... Read more...

Are LulzSec and Anonymous now teaming up?

John Callaham — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:55:20 +0000

Last week it appeared that the two most public hacker groups, LulzSec and Anonymous, might be taking pot shots at each other. Now it appears that the two groups might in fact be joining forces... Read more...

LulzSec takes down website of UK crime agency SOCA

Andy Weir — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:41:08 +0000

Those persistent hackers, known to us all as LulzSec, have struck again. Less than a week after bringing down the CIA website, BBC News now reports that they have succeeded in bringing down the website... Read more...

LulzSec offers aid to Sega after network breach

Paul Ferson — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:03:30 +0000

Sega became another victim of a network breach during this week, with the Japanese company having sent information to users of their 'Sega Pass' service, to inform them that "unauthorized entry was gained" to the... Read more...

LulzSec members revealed by "LulzSec Exposed"?

News Staff — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:12:52 +0000

The antics by LulzSec over the past few weeks may have attracted a bit too much attention, at least for those involved in the group. Their veil of anonymity and fearlessness may be finally crumbling.... Read more...