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LulzSec brought down by own leader

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Re: LulzSec brought down by own leader

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Post by pavel_lishin »

tlear wrote: post #18

We are still in the stage of these groups being very amateurish. It will take few rounds of purges until really committed+careful+smart organizations emerge.

How do you know they haven't already? Committed+careful+smart probably wouldn't issue press releases.

Re: LulzSec brought down by own leader

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Post by wladimir »

It's strange that it was revealed at all whether he works with the FBI. Is that normal? Why not keep it secret for somewhat longer to catch even more hackers? Exposing him as informant could also bring his life in danger.

This makes me doubt the truth of the story a bit.

Re: LulzSec brought down by own leader

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Post by hack_edu »

Funny tht right around the time he was arrested, Lulzsec declared they were done and sailing off in their Lulzboat. Then they reappeared a few months later, probably started back up after Sabu went to the narcs. Luckily this was only after Anonymous put together their new decentralized teams that do the footwork now. Lulzsec is just a name now, very little work is done by their namesake anymore.

The writer is a bit confused. Topiary was caught way before this round of arrests.

Also, there has been a significant belief for months now that the "Real Sabu" disappeared and was (maybe) arrested, or that he was never an individual but only a name the group used for PR. Finally, there is significant doubt that Kayla is a single individual as well.

Re: LulzSec brought down by own leader

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Post by dagw »

wladimir wrote: post #24

It's strange that it was revealed at all whether he works with the FBI. Is that normal? Why not keep it secret for somewhat longer to catch even more hackers? Exposing him as informant could also bring his life in danger. This makes me doubt the truth of the story a bit.

There is propaganda value in revealing it. I'm guessing they're hoping that members of other groups are going to start asking themselves "if lulzSec was infiltrated by the FBI without anybody noticing, then how can I be sure that they haven't infiltrated my group as well". At the end of the day scaring people into not committing crimes is better for everybody than catching them after the fact.
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