An international hacker group says it breached the Arizona Department of Public Safety computer system in retaliation for SB 1070, the state's immigration-enforcement law. (Arizona Daily Star)
The Lulz Security hacking collective said in a news release that it is releasing a trove of "private intelligence bulletins, training manuals, personal email correspondence, names, phone numbers, addresses and passwords belonging to Arizona law enforcement."
Here is what is being said by others about hacking by LulzSec and others.
The New York Times, Bits blog: LulzSec Hackers Make Enemies Online
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Lulz Security, the hacking group that has been on a spree lately, might think its antics are hilarious. But some others in the hacker world are sick of its games.
(London) Guardian: LulzSec leak: Is this the beginning of the end for the hackers?
The trouble with hacking for glory – as LulzSec, aka Lulz Security are doing – is that you want everyone to know what you've done, but you don't want anyone to know who you actually are. And the combination of human nature, where people want their due respect, and the internet, where every action leaves some sort of trace, means there will always be tensions between carrying out acts and denying that you carried them out.
Techtree: LulzSec pwned!
The (in)famous hacker group LulzSec has been on a website hacking frenzy for over a month. Its list of victims include PBS, Sony, Fox, and even the CIA and SOCA (Serious Organised Crime Agency). The Lulz boat was sailing with elan, but only until another hacker group called TeaMp0ison gave it a taste of its own medicine.
The (London) Independent: Terence Blacker: Happy your online life is an open book?
As if we were caught up in some science fiction B-movie, a war is being fought over the control of our souls. As yet,the conflict is little more than a few light skirmishes – most of us are hardly aware it is happening – but, in the view of many, some mighty battles lie ahead in our cybernetic future.
Hacking group Lulz Security has found itself coming under attack from all angles, drawing unwanted attention from both law enforcement and other hackers groups. Though the group's antics have won it many fans who appreciate LulzSec's anti-establishment leanings, they've also earned plenty of enemies, and those enemies have started to fight back. So far, they've posted LulzSec's "dox"—the names, pictures, and addresses of the people claimed to be the ringleaders of the group.
