Hacking group LulzSec has disbanded following one last attack on EA's free-to-play Battlefield Heroes beta. Announcing an end to its activities via Twitter and a statement posted on a file sharing site, the group said that its "planned 50 day cruise has expired."
The group's final act was to publish over 500,000 usernames and passwords gathered from various gaming forums and the Battlefield Heroes beta. The game's website was taken down as a result, and has remained offline over the weekend.
"Service on the Battlefield Heroes free-to-play site has been temporarily halted while we investigate a security breach," EA explains in a statement on the site. "Our investigation is ongoing however it appears that screen names and encrypted passwords associated with an early beta version of Heroes has been compromised. To the best of our knowledge, it appears that no personal data was compromised.
"No emails, account history, credit card numbers or payment methods. Any further updates will be posted on this page. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to have the game back online shortly."
LulzSec has claimed responsibility for several attacks on videogame companies including Nintendo, Bethesda, CCP and Mojang Specification. The group has also attacked broadcasters Fox and PBS, the CIA, and the United States Senate.
The groups statement, which also revealed LulzSec was made up of six people, urges others to continue its efforts.
"We must now sail into the distance, leaving behind - we hope - inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love. If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere.
"We hope, wish, even beg, that the movement manifests itself into a revolution that can continue on without us. Please don't stop. Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve."
LulzSec's decision to stop comes a week after 19 year-old Essex man Ryan Cleary was arrested under the Computer Misuse Act and Fraud Act.
Source: BBC
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2What a bunch of clowns. They break into a few poorly protected servers and now they think they are hacking revolutionaries. Have fun in prison.
If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere.
It doesn't get more pathetically attention seeking than that does it?