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LulzSec Hacks the US Senate

Posted by Soulskill on from the going-for-the-gusto dept.

jfruhlinger writes "LulzSec might not be as famous as Anonymous — they're really best known for hacking sites they like, to prove a point about security — but they may have just raised their profile significantly, posting what appears to be data taken from an internally facing server at the US Senate. However, the fun-loving group might find that the Senate reacts a lot more harshly to intrusions than, say, PBS did." The group also recently grabbed data from Bethesda Softworks.

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  1. Fed Reserve is up next by milbournosphere · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Apparently, Anonymous announced an intention to go after the federal reserve next: http://gizmodo.com/5811546/anonymous-goes-after-federal-reserve. It'll be quite interesting if they attempt it. I'm interested in seeing how the fed handles this.

    1. Re:Fed Reserve is up next by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

      Severe damage to the federal reserve. Hahaha that made my day, thanks. Buddy, the damage has already been done. There's nothing left.

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  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Insightful

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  3. Re:Not what Obama meant by "open government"... by Hatta · · Score: 5, Interesting

    And when that ass gets kicked in the Senate's IT office, you'll have LulzSec to thank. If LulzSec could hack it, so could Iran. We should be grateful for the service they are providing.

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  4. Re:Somebody is on a power trip by Dragon+Bait · · Score: 5, Funny

    Most likely have nothing to live for and are probably wanting to end it all by making others suffer.

    Are you talking about the hackers or the senators?

  5. Re:Interesting by DrBoumBoum · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You're either a black hat for two reasons

    Maybe they're doing it for the lulz?

  6. Re:Thanks Guys by EnsilZah · · Score: 5, Informative

    I know what they did is wrong and all but what you wrote sounds like "Look what you did, you've angered the master, now he's sure to give us all a good whippin'"