It’s been the summer of hackers, and they seem pretty unstoppable, even with the seeming demise of LulzSec. But there’s some powers that can only be put out by something of equal status, and authorities are banking on the demise of hacker groups. In some cases, hackers are the downfall of other hackers.
The A-Team is a group of hackers that gathered a trove of private information to reveal identities of LulzSec. The group of computer hackers has attacked law enforcement sites, corporations and government agencies. No one seems safe from hackers today, leaving LulzSec to be dubbed a cyber terrorism group by the Arizona Department of Public Safety, after their systems too were compromised.
From Wikileaks to LulzSec, the web is bringing about a new concept of data vigilanti. The A-Team is trying to unmask the identities of the LulzSec in order to indirectly help law enforcement officials track down all its members and put them to prison. It’s becoming a concern that hackers are taking advantage of technology and use it for their own personal intentions, worthy or not. In recent weeks some major networks, including PlayStation’s social hub, has been hacked, along with more high profile sites like Twitter, Apple and Fox News.
“FoxNews.com was working with Twitter to address the situation as quickly as possible,” said Jeff Misenti, vice president and general manager of Fox News Digital. “We will be requesting a detailed investigation from Twitter about how this occurred, and measures to prevent future unauthorized access into FoxNews.com accounts.”
LulzSec didn’t make it the entire summer, last week announcing their plans to retire. According to LulzSec, they disbanded their group after 50 days of digital chaos, reaching their goal of creating disorder for two months. Sometimes, it’s enough to merely let the world know what you’re capable of.
“For the past 50 days we’ve been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could,” the group wrote in its statement.
And the A-Team’s making headway, finally posting LulzSec information. The data contains the names, locations, aliases and information of some family members. While we can’t deny the fact that these identities may not contain real information, the mere idea of activating a group cause is nothing new in our digital era.
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