Online hacker group LulzSec has only been active for around a month, but in that short time it's managed to hit numerous targets, garner one million unique views to a relatively sparse website and, of course, piss off plenty of people. Given the group's chosen moniker, the last "accomplishment" is likely the one most valued.
According to a release published by LulzSec on Monday, the rogue hackers have once again attacked Sony - on the eve of the company's E3 press conference, no less.
"Konichiwa from LulzSec, Sony bastards!," begins the ASCII-art adorned statement. "We've recently bought a copy of this great new game called 'Hackers vs Sony,' but we're unable to play it online due to PSN being obliterated. So we decided to play offline mode for a while and got quite a few trophies. Our latest goal is 'Hack Sony 5 Times.'"
The group released a torrent of what is purportedly 54MB of Sony developer source code along with internal network maps of Sony BMG - the latter a previous target of "Sownage." LulzSec goes on to frame the "game" as "hackers 16, Sony 0," taunting the company with, "your move."
Within the past month, Lulz Sec has also launched cyber attacks on Fox, Sony Pictures, PBS, Unveillance and Nintendo. Most recently, the group hit FBI affiliate InfraGuard - temporarily gaining control of its homepage and making off with nearly 200 names and passwords.
In other news, the group dismissed a report that one of its members, identified as Robert Cavanaugh, was arrested by the FBI.
"Interesting...this article claims one of us was arrested," the group wrote on its Twitter account. "That's strange because all of us are still here."
Considering the group's oddball sense of humor (attempting to mute the "Love Boat" theme song that automatically plays on its website actually turns the volume up), it's difficult to gauge just how serious they are about all of this. However, it's safe to assume their victims aren't laughing.
