[Hacker Group LulzSec Celebrates 50 Days of Attacks by Announcing It’s Time to Put a Stop to Hacks
The famous LulzSec hacker group, which is responsible for quite a few hacking attacks on various business and government websites has abruptly decided to call it quits. The group announced, through an official (if we can call it that) press release, that it will stop from hacking any other websites. Why? Well their 50 days of free hacking plan has expired.
Did Lulzsec members get scared of the officials who are hunting them down? Because I’m sure that government officials are still trying to find them and bring them to courts for their hacking activities against the U.S. Senate, CIA, EVE Online, Minecraft, Brink, Sony and others. After all, they may have announced a cease-fire but that won’t provide immunity and stop any repercussions that have been put in motion by their own previous activities. And, from a different perspective, they may have announced they’re stopping any hacking attempts, but what if, come Monday morning, they’ll have a certain hacking itch to scratch?
No, seriously, that’s the reason, have a look for yourself:So what’s the point of this hippie-hacker-message? I’m still trying to figure it out since it doesn’t really explain what the purpose of the attacks we witnessed during the past weeks. All they want to tell us is that we should never stop living our lives and do whatever it takes to reach our goals? And how exactly does hacking various organizations and businesses and revealing sensitive data help us with that? “Let it flow?” How do those people whose private data has been compromised continue to live their lives and keep dreaming while they have to deal with potential new problems in their lives?
Friends around the globe,
We are Lulz Security, and this is our final release, as today marks something meaningful to us. 50 days ago, we set sail with our humble ship on an uneasy and brutal ocean: the Internet. The hate machine, the love machine, the machine powered by many machines. We are all part of it, helping it grow, and helping it grow on us.
For the past 50 days we’ve been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could. All to selflessly entertain others – vanity, fame, recognition, all of these things are shadowed by our desire for that which we all love. The raw, uninterrupted, chaotic thrill of entertainment and anarchy. It’s what we all crave, even the seemingly lifeless politicians and emotionless, middle-aged self-titled failures. You are not failures. You have not blown away. You can get what you want and you are worth having it, believe in yourself.
While we are responsible for everything that The Lulz Boat is, we are not tied to this identity permanently. Behind this jolly visage of rainbows and top hats, we are people. People with a preference for music, a preference for food; we have varying taste in clothes and television, we are just like you. Even Hitler and Osama Bin Laden had these unique variations and style, and isn’t that interesting to know? The mediocre painter turned supervillain liked cats more than we did.
Again, behind the mask, behind the insanity and mayhem, we truly believe in the AntiSec movement. We believe in it so strongly that we brought it back, much to the dismay of those looking for more anarchic lulz. We hope, wish, even beg, that the movement manifests itself into a revolution that can continue on without us. The support we’ve gathered for it in such a short space of time is truly overwhelming, and not to mention humbling. Please don’t stop. Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve.
So with those last thoughts, it’s time to say bon voyage. Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance, leaving behind – we hope – inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love. If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere. Anywhere.
Thank you for sailing with us. The breeze is fresh and the sun is setting, so now we head for the horizon.
Lulz Security – our crew of six wishes you a happy 2011, and a shout-out to all of our battlefleet members and supporters across the globe
Let it flow…
Did Lulzsec members get scared of the officials who are hunting them down? Because I’m sure that government officials are still trying to find them and bring them to courts for their hacking activities against the U.S. Senate, CIA, EVE Online, Minecraft, Brink, Sony and others. After all, they may have announced a cease-fire but that won’t provide immunity and stop any repercussions that have been put in motion by their own previous activities. And, from a different perspective, they may have announced they’re stopping any hacking attempts, but what if, come Monday morning, they’ll have a certain hacking itch to scratch?
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