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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Hackend: LulzSec disbands

After 50 days of uproar, hacktivists LulzSec on their Twitter account announced yesterday that they disband. The group released a full line of torrents containing around 750,000 users data stolen from several target, one of which is AT&T. The exact reason behind this disband is not clear yet but the group insisted that they knew that they would end after 50 days.

But they hope that their AntiSec campaign, a war against government and other high end establishments, shoulkd continue without them. The announcement said:

The support we’ve gathered for it in such a short space of time is truly overwhelming, and not to mention humbling. Please don’t stop. Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve.

Zack Witthaker in ZDNet suggested four theories on the disband. The group may believe that fifty days is a set milestone. Topiary, the person ran the group's Twitter feed, is likely a British, judged by his/her writing of style and time zone. A politic-aware person must remembered George Orwell whose death was happened to be of this date. But Whittaker ruled out this possibility because the announcement was posted after midnight.

LulzSec is not immune from hacker attack which means that their identities have been compromised. A confrontation has developed with The Jester appeared to be able to take down LulzSec's main website on Friday albeit for a short while. They may be get bored too since press and media coverage for them have been below their target. Or, the movement has found its natural end. AntiSec campaign wants general population to revolt against their respective government. Considering how the majority of the public has voted for their current government, majority votes are unlikely in the hacktivists' favor. Clip this story

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