LulzSec hackers claim CIA website shutdown

[NeutralCitizen]

The alleged hack on CIA.gov occurred on the same day the group opened a telephone request line so its fans could suggest potential targets.

On its Twitter feed, the group wrote: "Tango down - cia.gov - for the lulz".

The CIA website was inaccessible at times on Wednesday but the hack claim could not immediately be verified.

It was unclear if the outage was due to LulzSec's efforts or to the large number of internet users trying to check the site.
'Denial of service'

LulzSec has risen to prominence in recent months by attacking Sony, Nintendo, several US broadcasters, and the public-facing site of the US Senate.

On Wednesday it claimed to have launched denial of service attacks on several websites as a result of opening its "request line", although it gave no details.
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Lulz Security attacks

May 7: US X Factor contestant database
May 10: Fox.com user passwords
May 15: Database listing locations of UK cash machines
May 23: Sonymusic Japan website
May 30: US broadcaster PBS. Staff logon information
June 2: Sonypictures.com user information
June 3: Infragard website (FBI affiliated organisation)
June 3: Nintendo.com
June 10: Pron.com pornographic website
June 13: Senate.gov - website of US Senate
June 13: Bethesda software website
June 14: EVE Online, League of Legends, The Escapist and others

The claim regarding the CIA.gov website emerged a few hours later. A CIA spokesman told the Associated Press the agency was "looking into" the report.

LulzSec publicised the details of its telephone hotline on its Twitter feed.

Callers to the US number are met with a recorded message, in a heavy French accent, by an individual calling himself Pierre Dubois.

While the 614 area code appears to relate to the state of Ohio, it is unlikely that this is its real location.

Lulz Security said it had used distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) against eight sites suggested by callers.

It also claimed to have hit the websites of gaming magazine The Escapist, and multiplayer games EVE Online and League of Legends.

DDoS attacks typically involve crashing a website by inundating it with requests from computers under the attacker's control.
Protest groups

Little is known about Lulz Security, other than their apparent "hacktivist" motivation.

The organisations and companies that it targets are often portrayed as having acted against the interests of citizens or consumers.

Its high-profile attack on SonyPictures.com exposed the company's ongoing inability to secure users' personal data, LulzSec claimed.

Along with Anonymous, LulzSec has raised the profile of hacker groups as a potential threat to online services.

Hacktivists see their role as staging valid protests in the most high profile way possible, according to Peter Wood, founder of security consultancy First Base.

"The things they are exploiting at the moment are the sort of mistakes that organisations seem to have been making ever since they connected to the internet.

"Finally there are some players out there who are using them as a means to protest. Whether everyone agrees with them is a different question."

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[Ahmad Abdullah Ravian]

Nice Work ,Chinese , let CIA worry only for their Website from now on

 

[fallstuff]

On a related news CIA asked for $1 billion to protect its website at a closed door Intelligence Committee meeting.

 

[Infiltrator]

Anonymous should hack LulzSec for the lolz.

vs.

 

[Obambam]

If America's statement about hacking their government or defense websites equals war with America is true. Then this would be a test for them.

 

[casual]

Anonymous should hack LulzSec for the lolz.

vs.

not your private army

 

[casual]

want to know about them, go to 4chan /b/.

be warned, what has been seen cannot be unseen.

 

[rohitshubham]

Nice Work ,Chinese , let CIA worry only for their Website from now on

is lulzsec a chinese oragnization?

 

[Infiltrator]

not your private army

I was obviously joking. What is your problem?

 

[casual]

I was obviously joking. What the is your problem?

your joke didn't make any sense

 

[Infiltrator]

your joke didn't make any sense

I would find it amusing if these well known hacker groups attacked one another.

 

[casual]

I would find it amusing if these well known hacker groups attacked one another.

that would be like saying lol wouldn't it be funny if the US military attacked the US army.

you obviously don't know what Anonymous is. Anonymous is the internet hivemind. it started in /b/. all Lulzsec are /b/tards and it's pretty safe to assume that they're all anonymous.

also, you never suggest that anonymous do anything. the response will always be "not your private army". do it in /b/ and you will be hacked.

 

[Infiltrator]

that would be like saying lol wouldn't it be funny if the US military attacked the US army.

you obviously don't know what Anonymous is. Anonymous is the internet hivemind. it started in /b/. all Lulzsec are /b/tards and it's pretty safe to assume that they're all anonymous.

also, you never suggest that anonymous do anything. the response will always be "not your private army". do it in /b/ and you will be hacked.

That's how you interpret it. I see it differently.

Although, I realize Anonymous is an "internet meme" or hivemind as you describe it. That it is simply an online community of users simultaneously existing as a global brain. That doesn't mean different users could not have disagreements about how the community as a whole or different sub groups are operating and attack one another.

Also, Lulzec may or may not be part of Anonymous but at the moment, there is no solid evidence to prove they are one in the same and I doubt there will be anytime soon.

So, I'd appreciate if you mind your own business and leave me alone.

 

[casual]

That's how you interpret it. I see it differently. And unless you personally know many people who are involved with the "internet meme" Anonymous and Lulzec and exactly how they operate, you shouldn't be telling me what to do. I know enough about them so mind your own business.

Lulzec may or may not be part of Anonymous but at the moment, there is no evidence to prove they are on in the same.

anonymous is not an organization. it's an internet hivemind.

 

[Infiltrator]

anonymous is not an organization. it's an internet hivemind.

I didn't refer to it specifically as an organization but some might see it as a group which has similarities to what people see as an organization. That's why you can google it and see how some people sometimes describe it as a "leaderless" organization.

Also, I was still editing my post as you responded.

Edit: To be honest, I don't care for either "group" so this is a pointless discussion. I do find some of their activities "interesting" but so do countless others. This whole discussion could of been avoided if you actually understood I wasn't suggesting either "group" actually go after one another but simply joking around with the thought. If that means I'm claiming them as my "private army" then I don't really know what to say.