Two LulzSec Members Plead Guilty To DDOS Attacks

[Esotera]

Spoiler: Skilled Hacker

If they had actually had a point behind what they were doing, then I'd feel slightly sympathetic, but they were just bored kids who decided to be massive douchebags. If they had legitimately cared about the security of the targetted sites they would have not DDOSed, and they wouldn't have made public leaks of confidential information. Their case is about the only time when I've wanted someone to get a long sentence for hacking.

 

[Twilight_guy]

Hum, wonder why they pleaded guilty? Do they feel responsible? Is there a deal going on with the police? Are they arrogant as all hell? I'll probably never know.

 

[Bvenged]

"Arrest us. We dare you," the (ugh) hacktivist group tweeted [https://twitter.com/LulzSec/status/93093868379193344] back in July of last year.

The authorities did exactly that. Several alleged members of the group were arrested after a joint investigation by Scotland Yard and the FBI.

[HEADING=2]Epic Fail[/HEADING]


Game Over

 

[CaptainKoala]

It would be one thing if they actually were fighting for something, but they were just doing whatever the hell they wanted. Nobody is going to believe that you're fighting for some greater cause when you're running around stealing people's credit card info.

I dearly hope they get the absolute worst punishment possible, and seeing how the credit card thing is a felony, that would mean some prison time.

 

[The Funslinger]

For every bad ass agent there are probably five idiots who ruin everyone's fun

Some get paid to surf for bdsm porn fulltime though. I mean, how much more awesome do jobs get?

I'm pretty sure that's subjective based on one's preferences...

Hum, wonder why they pleaded guilty? Do they feel responsible? Is there a deal going on with the police? Are they arrogant as all hell? I'll probably never know.

It's likely they were in hearings/trials etc. And the possibility of enough evidence to pin it on them was high enough their lawyer recommended they plead guilty. Pleading innocence and then being found guilty results in harsher sentencing.

They didn't go up to the court houses and yell "hey, bitches look what we did!"

 

[Quakester]

I really hope they get the book thrown at them. It's bad enough that they were doing this out of boredom but they dared authorities to arrest them. Wish granted, you got busted. Welcome to serious prison time. I hope by the time they get out their hacking skills won't let them hack a pocket calculator.

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

So funny. Glad they got caught. What they dont realise is that once the police find them they just watch and wait and collect evidence and watch them dig there own graves. Just because they dont arrest you within 2 days of you committing your ddos attack, doesnt mean they dont know who you are and your ego is what allows the police to gain the evidence needed to put you away. What idiots.....kids trying to play in the adults sandbox.

 

[McMullen]

DDOS attacks were the least of what they did. What about stealing and releasing people's information?

 

[Tiger Sora]

Time to put those hacking skills to use and break through the prison walls to freedom!

 

[Pickapok]

Am I the only one offended by the "Asperger's syndrome sufferer" comment?

I see a lot of people saying it was unnecessary (and I agree), but as far as I have seen most of us "aspies" manage to get along just fine once we've escaped that hell called Middle School. We're quite comfortable with our condition and not "suffering" at all, thank you very much.

 

[bdcjacko]

good for them. Are they going white collar resort prison or federal pound me in the ass prison?

 

[Scrustle]

Fucking dicks. Hope they get everything that's coming to them. Who do they think they are taunting the police to arrest them? What did they think would happen? They thought they were immune from the law? Idiots.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I can't help to laugh at the irony to that tweet, not so tough now that they found and arrested you eh?

 

[Callate]

If they had restrained themselves to Sony, Twentieth Century Fox, et. al., they might have had a better chance of getting away with it. Likewise if they had known when to stop. Unfortunately, their "hacktivism" quickly began to resemble a group of small boys with a grocery bag full of illegal fireworks.

 

[ThreeKneeNick]

Spoiler: Skilled Hacker

If they had actually had a point behind what they were doing, then I'd feel slightly sympathetic, but they were just bored kids who decided to be massive douchebags. If they had legitimately cared about the security of the targetted sites they would have not DDOSed, and they wouldn't have made public leaks of confidential information. Their case is about the only time when I've wanted someone to get a long sentence for hacking.

There's an xkcd comic for every occasion...

I personally think it's not a big deal (in line with the third panel), the biggest inconvenience for users was a password reset. For the businesses ... honestly I don't care for them, they are fine. I hope they don't get harsh sentences. It's not like they actually hurt someone.

 

[deathninja]

And his legal team pull the ASD card. Again.

Seriously, it does nothing to mitigate sentencing, and makes it harder for the rest of us to get a job in *any* field if we have to disclose at interview.

 

[viranimus]

I find it incredibly interesting that laws exist that protect corporate ineptitude as well as corporate greed but we can take a year to focus on punishing those evil evil hackers that are manipulating everyone out of their money, demanding digital distribution as a means to undermine economic stability and then subject personal information obtained through that campaign to easy unsolicited access.... oh wait, thats not right.

 

[sleeky01]

Am I the only one offended by the "Asperger's syndrome sufferer" comment?

I see a lot of people saying it was unnecessary (and I agree), but as far as I have seen most of us "aspies" manage to get along just fine once we've escaped that hell called Middle School. We're quite comfortable with our condition and not "suffering" at all, thank you very much.

I would tend to agree. But there is still a cultural bias. One that has been put on display in The Big Bang Theory: