Spokane Spokesman Review
NEW YORK — A publicity- seeking hacker group that has left a trail of sabotaged websites over the past two months, including attacks on law enforcement and releases of private data, said Saturday it is dissolving itself.
Lulz Security made its announcement through its Twitter account. It gave no reason for the disbandment, but it could be a sign of nerves in the face of law enforcement investigations.
Rival hackers have also joined in the hunt, releasing information they say could point to the identities of the six-member group.
LulzSec claimed hacks on major entertainment companies, FBI partner organizations, the CIA, the U.S. Senate and a pornography website.
Kevin Mitnick, a security consultant and former hacker, said the group had probably concluded that the more they kept up their activities, the greater the chance that one of them would make some mistake that would enable authorities to catch them.
They’ve inspired copycat groups around the globe, he noted, which means similar attacks are likely to continue even without LulzSec.
“They can sit back and watch the mayhem and not risk being captured,” Mitnick said.
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