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LulzSec opens hack request line

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The hacker group Lulz Security has opened a telephone request line so its fans can suggest potential targets.



It claims to have launched denial of service attacks on several websites as a result, although it did not detail which ones.



The unspecified hacks formed part of a wave of security breaches that the group called Titanic Takeover Tuesday.



LulzSec has risen to prominence in recent months by attacking Sony, Nintendo and several US broadcasters.



The group publicised the telephone hotline on its Twitter feed.



Callers to the US number are met with a recorded message, in a heavy French accent, by an individual calling themself Pierre Dubois.



While the 614 area code appears to relate to the state of Ohio, it is unlikely that this is its real location.



Lulz Security said it had used distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) against eight sites suggested by callers.



It also claimed to have hit the websites of gaming magazine The Escapist, and multiplayer games EVE Online and League of Legends.



DDoS attacks typically involve crashing a website by inundating it with requests from computers under the attacker's control.



It is unclear, in this instance, if LulzSec went beyond overloading the sites and sought to gain access to information stored on their servers.



Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13777129





Doesn't seem like a very bright idea o.O
 
The group publicised the telephone hotline on its Twitter feed.



Not a very bright move on their part and I'm sure the authorities appreciate their stupidity.
 
A phone number that's only purpose is to encourage illegal activity, probably wont be up for long.
 
Maybe...



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13787229



LulzSec hackers claim CIA website shutdown



The hacker group Lulz Security has claimed it has brought down the public-facing website of the US Central Intelligence Agency.



The alleged attack on CIA.gov occurred on the same day the group opened a telephone request line so its fans could suggest potential targets.



On its Twitter feed, the group wrote: Tango down - cia.gov - for the lulz.



The CIA website was inaccessible at times on Wednesday but appeared to be back up on Thursday.



It was unclear if the outage was due to the group's efforts or to the large number of internet users trying to check the site.



The CIA would not confirm if it had been the victim of an attack. In a statement, a spokesperson told BBC News: The CIA's public web site experienced technical issues that caused it to respond slowly for a short time yesterday evening. Those issues are now resolved.
 
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