4Chan, LulzSec Bicker Over Gaming Targets

4Chan, LulzSec Bicker Over Gaming Targets
4Chan, LulzSec Bicker Over Gaming Targets
4Chan, LulzSec Bicker Over Gaming Targets Got the popcorn, interwebs?

Defenders of Wikileaks and all about decent chaps Anonymous and new lulzists on the block LulzSec have begun trading barbs- apparently after some 4Chan users got pissy with LulzSec’s habit of downing gaming services like MMPORG EVE Online. Users on /v/ had been reportedly angered following yesterday’s rampage of lulz resulting in a number of outages. One Reddit user commented:

That type of already happened when Lulzsec DDOSed MIncraft and EVE On the internet. /v/ went out in droves and DDOSed to death anything related to Lulzsec. It was like watching a glorious online civil war take location. “We ride our chocobos to war and enter the fray” was the rallying cry on /v/ right now.

The wrath of Anonymous is feared the net over because of their DDoS habit, but LulzSec has taunted the beast quite a few times on Twitter inside the past 24 hours:

It will need to also be noted that 4Chan is presently down for factors unknown. Some have criticized LulzSec for hitting softer targets, but the hacking collective just addressed the issue of target severity in response to Twitter criticism:

@Quadrapodacone Hey jackhammer, get some attention span and check our releases page. We’ve hit two agency sites already.

On Twitter, LulzSec has also been promoting a “hotline” (614-LULZSEC) for users to call in desired hacking targets instead of posting them on Twitter. You are able to follow the lulz in real time by keeping an eye on their feed there.

Update: Reuters has picked up the feud, and reports that calls created to the LulzSec hotline result in the following message:

We are not readily available appropriate now as we're busy raping your Internet. Leave a message and we will get back to you whenever we feel like.

Group is waiting to address additional takedown requests, says DDoS attacks are not real hacks

Legendary griefers LulzSec ("Lulz Security") -- the self-proclaimed "concentrated-success" of 4Chan's 2005-era /b/ message board -- don't appear overly concerned about being "hunted down" by 2011-era /b/ fans ("damn furries" or "/b/tards" as LulzSec calls them). Fans flocked to the message board upset about LulzSec's attacks on favorite gaming services like EVE Online.

The group proclaimed on Tuesday:

Call into 614-LULZSEC and choose a target and we'll obliterate it. Nobody wants to mess with The Lulz Cannon - take aim for us, twitter. #FIRE

Additionally to attacks on League of Legends, EVE On line, and Minecraft, the group attacked gaming magazine The Escapist, and government-software contractor Finfisher, as we summarize here.

But the group also let slip that it is waiting on 8 phone requests for extra targets. It is unclear whether the group will hit those targets currently, or take a break from firing its DDoS "cannon".

LulzSec implied in one tweet that it's infecting 4Chan users and using their machines in a distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet. The group writes:

The ideal part about generating 50% of all /b/tards our bots is that they leave their daddy's laptops on 24/7, more bandwidth for us. :three

The truth that the group is taking phone calls at a time when they've attacked the U.S.
government from quite a few angles is rather bold -- some would say foolish. Clearly the art of phone obfuscation isn't dead, given that no arrests have been made but, in spite of the group's active call line, which is surely being observed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and others.
DDoS hacks are not "official" hacks according to the band of bandits. They state:

We didn't hack any games, we just DDoS'd them with our not-to-be-messed-with Lulz Cannon. :D We did hack these though: lulzsecurity.com/releases

We'll maintain you updated on who gets hacked/DDoSed next "for the lulz".

Update: Wed. June 15, 2011 12:50 p.m. --

It appears that LulzSec has taken down the server for MMORPG Heroes of Newerth (a game very comparable to World of Warcraft). The group mocks that Defense of the Ancients ("DotA") custom scenario for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos "is better."

The group also posted to Twitter that it is preparing for an additional EVE On the web attack.

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