Sabu, probably the most notorious public face of hacking from this young, stupid century, still isn't headed to prison. He hasn't even been sentenced yet—because he's still helping the FBI bust his friends. Read More >>
Featured comment by Chidmas:
"Probably has some impact but you would expect them to have built a lot more infrastructure if theres a lot of disposable income. Anyway im going on wh..." More »
20-year-old Raynaldo Rivera of Tempe, Arizona, surrendered to authorities today, less than a week after a federal grand jury in Los Angeles brought an indictment against him on charges of an extensive computer breach involving Sony Pictures Entertainment, which ultimately cost the company over $600k. Read More >>
It's been almost half a year since LulzSec mastermind Hector "Sabu" Monsegur turned on his people in one of the most dramatic turns of hacking history. And in order to get another half away from a judge, he's still snitching. Read More >>
Featured comment by Danjc2:
"I say live by the Assassin's Code from Discworld. If you're rich enough to afford protection, then you're a fair target, if the protection fails, well..." More »
19-year-old Ryan Cleary and 18-year-old Jake Davis have admitted to being the surprisingly youthful representatives of Lulzsec in the UK, taking responsibility for hacking/attacking the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) site and many others during 2011. Read More >>
Featured comment by coastwalker:
"Good riddance. What they were doing was neither funny, artistic or helpful. And that goes for that douchbag Assange too - information wants to be free..." More »
After the fall of the original LulzSec crew, 20-year-old Ryan Cleary was arrested for crimes he committed in the UK; he was apparently our very own LulzSec representative this side of the pond. Now he's been charged in the US too, and faces 25 years in jail for hacking the American X-Factor. Read More >>
Featured comment by steven.faulkner.180:
"All I have to say if the Americans win this battle it will show how useless our government has gotten because we would be giving in to the american mu..." More »
It looks like LulzSec is back, or at least someone claiming to be the hacking collective "reborn" is, and it's attacking Twitter. It's just released 10,000 Twitter user names, passwords, real names, and a whole bunch of location data. Read More >>
After every online strike by Anonymous and LulzSec — back when they did that sort of thing — it was inevitable that the leaked goods would wind up on Pastebin, the web's vandalised bathroom stall. Now, the company wants out of the game. Read More >>
LulzSec is dead—everyone in it was betrayed and arrested. But that's still one hell of a brand name, and one enterprising group isn't letting it go to waste: 170,000+ dating profiles just got leaked in the name of LulzSec Reborn. Read More >>
Featured comment by Simalacrum:
"Also, their new logo has elements of the Anonymous logo within it… the laurel leafs and the 'UN' style background. Perhaps the new Lulzsec is compri..." More »
Cops. Defense contractors. The FTC. Military attorneys. FBI conference calls. Some of the most striking hack-attacks of the past year were executed under the middle finger banner of #AntiSec. But what if this "movement" was a gigantic trap all along? Read More >>
LulzSec/Anonymous mastermind Hector "Sabu" Monsegur pissed off a lot of people this week after selling out his entire team to the FBI. But there's one more person who hated his guts: the downstairs neighbour who filed a complaint with the city of New York. So just how bad a neighbour was he? Read her email. Read More >>
Featured comment by The Many Conflicting Faces of Sabu | Articled In:
"[...] Community Board 3 about “excessive noises” for dual years, according to this minute unearthed by Gizmodo. The Times explains him as ..." More »
Featured comment by fras78:
"If I were the police looking for members of these hackers, I'd be having a good look at this website's PC's.
It's pretty clear they are, if not mem..." More »
Yesterday, Sabu was a ghost—the spirit of Anonymous, having guided the group through its most powerful and infamous hacks. Now he's Hector Monsegnur, a 28-year-old unemployed guy from the New York projects—and a snitch. Here's what we know: Read More >>
Featured comment by flipper202:
"I agree. I love giz but I think its pretty irresponsible to post his address given the kind of backlash that would be expected." More »
We know the FBI pressured LulzSec leader Sabu into giving up vital info one some of the most active hackers in his collective. But how does Anonymous feel after this most recent, and hugely significant, turn of events? Read More >>
Featured comment by Southern:
"You should also try looking into the phenomenon of Stand Alone Complex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_Ghost_in_t...#Stand_Alone_Complex" More »
In what's looking more and more like LulzSec's Waterloo, six top-ranking members of the notorious hacking collective were arrested today. Here, in their entirety, are their full indictments. It's a fed's-eye view of the organisation that wreaked unfettered havoc for months last year. Read More >>