Introduction to Cyber-Warfare

Appendix I

Chapter 6: LulzSec Hacktivities

Following is a list of hacktivities blamed on and/or claimed by the original or first crew of the “LulzBoat”/LulzSec hacker group (not LulzSec Reborn or other spin-offs and successors). Due to the nature of the activity, it is not feasible to present a complete account of hacks associated with the group. Although they were highly vociferous about their hacks and gained considerable media attention from its very beginnings, the account of LulzSec’s hacktivities is likely to reflect what the group intended to reach public attention. In media control, LulzSec was able to hide likely failures and only hone successful attacks. For the compilation of the list below, we only used open source media and included ...