And "got bored" more likely than not means "are scared shitless that the FBI is going to get them". Newsflash: doing SQL injections and D Do Sing random sites doesn't make you a l33thacker, and it certainly doesn't mean you can get away with fucking with government sites without punishment.
I'm not sure what their original purpose was, but they couldn't possibly expect anyone to side with them after DDoSing Minecraft.
edited 25th Jun '11 10:13:21 PM by RLabs
Some Guy Or Something
What with actual hackers on their case now, they decided it was high time to GTFO and such. And for all their "Anti-Sec revolution" crap they were spewing, they managed to wake a lot of people up on the idea of improving security... Right.
"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior Val
Yeah, this wasn't a result of getting bored so much as of some of them getting arrested, causing the rest to realize that, holy shit, phishing and DDOS don't actually make you completely invincible.
Infinite Tree: an experimental story
Jackass Detector
Reign of terror?
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.
Yeah they did arrest one of the guys behind this bullshittery in England recently.
Linkage: [1]
edited 25th Jun '11 11:10:10 PM by MarkVonLewis
Jackass Detector
Wow, nineteen and arrested in his parent's house? Is it fair to call him a basement dweller?
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.
^^Yep. Lulzsec denies that this guy was one of them, but somehow their actions just don't convince me of that.
edited 25th Jun '11 11:13:01 PM by INUH
Infinite Tree: an experimental story
Another Perfect Day
Kitsune: I'd say the title is fitting, yes.
Forever livid
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Well, if he kept sitting next to me everyday, I would call it a reign of terror.
edited 25th Jun '11 11:18:32 PM by GIG
@Mark:I can't really call it "terror" when their methods of obtaining people's information consisted of hoping the site didn't have security at all and, if it did, asking the people what their passwords were.
Infinite Tree: an experimental story
Jackass Detector
Dumbass den denizen couldn't devise a more devastating and devious method of hacking other than DDOS, what a waste of sperm and eggs.
edited 25th Jun '11 11:27:20 PM by KitsuneInferno
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.
"Justice!"
My understanding is that he was the op of an IRC channel connected to them in some way.
My understanding is that SQL injections were also involved.
edited 25th Jun '11 11:29:02 PM by SuperDimensionman
Lv. 3 Genasi Wizard
Which really isn't that hard to do.
The thing about making witty signature lines is that it first needs to actually be witty.
Yeah their "terror" was pretty much the equivalent of throwing a pepper gas grenade into a rave in a European basement club - a dick move of large caliber, but nothing too terrible.
edited 25th Jun '11 11:35:43 PM by MarkVonLewis
Content Warnings
Lulz Sec? Didn't they do the same thing as Team 5 and Ante, except they quit halfway through?
They still are very forgettable, really.
Bad codecs makes the whole world blind.
'Bout time. At least they got one of 'em.
"Anti-Sec movement?" Isn't security a good thing? Guess they just want their personal info stolen.
@Kitsune: Wait, 19 year old in Britain is old enough to be considered basement dweller? ._.; That sounds rather early to me, then again, my brother was 23 before he moved away 
Seriously? It's still "no", since nineteen is an age in which you're expected to live in your parent's house. Unless you're rich, of course.
-edit-
Hah, ninja'd to the point. Here in Britain, I think the average time for moving out is late twenties/early thirties? Don't quote me on that, let me find a source...
edited 26th Jun '11 6:18:45 AM by AllanAssiduity
The Plum and Only
I don't expect to leave for a while yet and I'm 17...
Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.
Jackass Detector
I just turned nineteen, I'm broke and I've been living on my own for ten months. I get to call this guy a basement dweller all I damn well please, discrepancies be damned.
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.
Pretty flower
To be fair, with the economy still in a rut people are expected to stay at home longer than usual
#IceBearForPresident
more like reign of error amirite
19 is college age. Most people that age are at least at their parents' home during the summer, and if they go to a local school, probably more.
-is nineteen and at his parents' house for the summer and felt the need to defend himself-
edited 26th Jun '11 10:29:59 AM by INUH
Infinite Tree: an experimental story
As expected, they got bored and gave up.
Though not without hacking Battlefield Heroes first...
GOH! JII! RAH!