HACKERS GONE WILD: THE 2011 SPRING BREAK OF LULZSEC
Issues in Information Systems · 2012
Computer hackers, like the group known as Anonymous, have made themselves more and more relevant to our modern life.As we create and expand more and more data within our interconnected electronic universe, the threat that they bring to its fragile structure grows as well.However Anonymous is not the only group of hackers/activists or hacktivists that have made their presence known.LulzSec was a group that wreaked havoc with information systems in 2011.This will be a case study examination of their activities so that a better understanding of five aspects can be obtained: the Timeline of activities, the Targets of attack, the Tactics the group used, the makeup of the Team and a category which will be referred to as The Twist for reasons which will be made clear at the end of the paper.