I am not praising anyone here, but to breach the CIA web site is just one more notch in this hacker group’s belt. It amazes me that they have breached so many well known companies. The Lulz group certainly provided enough evidence that they’re capable of anything when it comes to online breaches. You would think that the CIA would have stepped up their security to prevent any more attacks. I guess the CIA just thought they were untouchable, NOT!
Security analysts have downplayed the significance of these attacks, saying the hackers are just looking to show off and get as much attention as possible.
Huh? Attention? Please, are you just in denial pocket protector?
This group is far from done in my opinion and if it’s just for attention, they should be getting a lot of it as the press has provided enough noise that even Anthony Weiner is now taking a back seat.
Lulz, whose members are strewn across the globe, announced the attack shortly before 6 p.m. East Coast time.
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Who’s next? Anyone they want to go after.
The problem is anyone can learn how to hack.They can get the information right off the web,legally.
Then I said it before,open source allowing anyone to tamper with code that is like letting a boy scout troop to allow a hooker at the next camp out.
Downloading software off the net is dangerous when there is an update;who knows who has played with the code.
I have a deep respect for Web Designers,programmers and engineers but they need to protect their reputations.
It’s a scam all of it.It is all about the money and sad but true all about people who don’t have ethics.
If people don’t realize the hot mess the net is and the need to protect themselves wisely,we will all see rules laid down eventually by the government.
That is my two cents.
RB,
This group is making a stir, but on the good side, they’re exposing holes that these companies need to fix.
I haven’t heard any press on this but Weiner has stepped down!
RB,
He had no choice and he is an embarrassment.
These guys had hacked Bethesda Softworks but decided not to release anything to the public as to not delay the release of Skyrim. I appreciate their restraint ;)
Peter,
I think this group, if it’s a group, is not malicious, but just raising awareness. Just my opinion.
From what I understand this was mostly just a DDoS using the low orbit ion cannon. Kiddie stuff from LulzSec is not what I expected. It’s funny that a lot of folks think LulzSec is an actual cohesive group, or in any way related to anonymous. Or that anonymous is an actual group. I like reading articles on these kinds of thigns on CCN or such just so I can laugh at how far off base the articles are.
What made me actually laugh is that, Lulz isn’t short for ‘laugh out loud’ like CCN appears to think. Doing something for the lulz means doing something for fun. Or more specifically, doing something for the fun of making someone else angry, or at someone else’s expense.
i thought is was just a test of CIA’s internet security. So it was indeed a true hack? These guys are pros, they can be both a threat or an awesome intelligence group. You mean there are no information about the group? Ninjas huh? :)
Jane,
If it is a group, they’re talented, and as I stated in my article, the government should hire them.