LulzSec: Let's All Laugh Together At Gamers
LulzSec is attacking gaming websites and services just for a few laughs. Now they've gone after Heroes of Newerth and the CIA.
Seems as though hacking group LulzSec (aka Lulz Security) has something against gamers. That, or they just like to hear gamers complain after their favorite game-related websites and services are bombarded by DDoS attacks. This became quite clear on Tuesday, or rather, on Titanic Takeover Tuesday, in which the group took down numerous websites apparently just for the fun of it.
"Welcome to #TitanicTakeoverTuesday where everyone is laughing at crybabies getting Lulz Cannoned!" the hacking group said during one of its many Twitter messages documenting the online assault. They took down The Escapist, EVE Online, Minecraft and League of Legends in its latest DDoS wave on Tuesday.
"At 17:00 UTC yesterday, CCP became aware of a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) against the EVE Online cluster and web servers," CCP told us in an email earlier today. "Our policy in such cases is to mobilize a taskforce of internal and external experts to evaluate the situation. At 17:55 UTC, that group concluded that our best course of action was to go completely offline while an exhaustive scan of our entire infrastructure was executed.
"Our taskforce concluded at 22:05 that neither the game servers nor the CCP infrastructure had been breached. Further, we can also confirm that no personal details such as users’ credentials or credit card numbers were exposed through this incident. The servers were brought back online at 23:00 yesterday and we will continue to monitor the situation closely."
After LulzSec attacked The Escapist, the group invited eight people to call in and recommend a new target. The group then began to flood CCP's space MMOG as previously stated, Minecraft and League of Legends. The group claims that it also pounded Gamma Group's IT intrusion monitoring company FinFisher.
"And that concludes our DDoS party: Escapist Magazine, Eve Online, Minecraft, League of Legends + 8 phone requests. #TitanicTakeoverTuesday," LulzSec said in a Twitter message. An hour later, the group began to take more requests from true lulz fans. "Let's all laugh together at... gamers," they said.
In another tweet, LulzSec claimed that it infected 4Chan users and used their machines in a DDoS botnet. "The best part about making 50-percent of all /b/tards our bots is that they leave their daddy's laptops on 24/7, more bandwidth for us. :3"
On Wednesday the attacks continued, this time hitting the main server for MMORPG Heroes of Newerth, adding in a statement that the Defense of the Ancients ("DotA") custom scenario for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos "is better." There's also talk that the group plans to take down EVE Online again, but as of 5:45pm EST, they went after the CIA's website instead. "Tango down - http://t.co/2QGXy6f - for the lulz," they said.
So what's the difference between Anonymous and LulzSec? As previously stated, the latter is doing it for the giggles; Anonymous is typically making a political statement.
"Lulz Security, where the entertainment is always at your expense, whether you realize it or not. Wrecking your infrastructures since 2011."
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You know who I love, and could never live without, and would probably kill myself if they got hacked and disappeared? Lulzsec, somebody get working on it...
I lol'd. Thanks for this.
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But taking down my Minecraft was a low blow...
I hope they all rot in prison
as a gamer, I have to say that it's because gamers bitch the most.
yeah, i said it.
I don't know if the CIA is such a target, but one of these days they will harass the Wrong guys. They won't be arrested, won't be tried, and won't be jailed. Right or wrong, they will simply disappear. The world may never even know where they're taking their dirt naps. Lulz indeed...
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So to sum up:
Anonymous are hactivists (hacker activists) causing disruption to bring attention to a cause.
LulzSec are a bunch of trolls who wanted bigger thrills (and more attention) than trolling YouTube/forums/etc
It'll be interesting if Anon starts fighting against LulzSec, but I think Anon probably has bigger fish to fry
Kind of pointless just denying games.
Kind of pointless just denying games.
like taking candy from a baby... Pathetic.
Btw, to be more precise, Heroes of Newerth is more like a Action RTS than a MMO RPG. There's nothing comparable in terms of gameplay. Only fantasy and heroes are common.
like taking candy from a baby... Pathetic.
Not unless the candy tastes really good, then its great!
Kids....I guess DDoS is the new extreme sport.
Think we'll be the ones laughing when the men in black they managed to piss off blows their head into smithereens from a rooftop 2 km away...
Hope they get whats coming to them!
Anonymous doing something about them is probably a good idea. Hackers hacking for the fun of it sends out a worse image than hacking for a reason. Anonymous has a cause, these guys are just clowns, they're clouding the image.
Tom, hurry up and ban all comments that have a URL in them. At least 99% of the SPAM will stop.
After I read this, just one movie phrase came to mind:
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
any idiot can do a DDoS attack... they broke into Sony only after the original crew did it and PBS?..lol big deal...
Tom, hurry up and ban all comments that have a URL in them. At least 99% of the SPAM will stop.
Might work for the news; won't work on the forums.
I want to see them hack WoW. Then I want to see a company who actually has the resources to handle that spank these children like their parents should have.
Btw, Heros of Newerth isn't an MMORPG.
They should be publicly shamed thrown in a pit like animals and have shit thrown at them. For the lulz of course.
What image? Anonymous or Lulzsec or any of the numerous hackers that need attention ... it's a weakness. Real hackers don't advertise ... only the stupid and lame ones do. There impact to society, the world, and even their cause is ... drum roll ... nada, not a thing, nothing, zippo. The risk for producing nothing and having no significant impact -- a lot, several arrests and off to prison (get caught in the wrong country and prison would be a welcome site).
Yawn. Come on Tom's, no need to report the same old Robin Hood freedom fighter crap, pick a cause any cause, everyone seems to have one.
They don't hate gamers, or games.
They hate silly games, and noob gamers. Mostly silly games.
They actually have respect for the few good game companies left out there.
However their choices can be a little personal some times, more than actually picking 'bad' companies.
I did it for the lulz.
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Lol. LOL! And that's why I despise online gaming - I want to see them try and disrupt my gaming sessions... since I don't use any online gaming services, they won't bother me. That's what the stupid users get for using all this online gaming crapware.
Still, bad, LulzSec, BAD! ;D
They don't hate gamers, or games.They hate silly games, and noob gamers. Mostly silly games.
Who is *any* retarded kid with a botnet to decide for me which games are 'silly'? I'll take enjoyment from whatever the f*** I want to take enjoyment from. Attacking Minecraft, as said by someone else above, was a seriously low blow, and not to mention; completely uncalled for.
The sooner the law catches up with these stupid children, the better.
I think they release their trojans with pirated games. So, lulz better don't attack games
at this rate i hope anon can help the people against these idiots.
Anonymous was doing a good thing: supporting a pro-democracy movement like Wikileaks from governments like the US that pretend to be democratic yet don't want their dirty laundry aired (every secret a state keeps is a step away from freedom and democracy, every secret exposed a move towards a civilized, open society).
LulzSec on the other hand is just a bunch of virtual vandals who rampage at random without a purpose.
A responsible citizen like Bradley Manning is punished while a gang of criminals doesn't get half as much attention from police forces as it should? What's this world coming to?