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According to their Twitter, they haven't hacked the Census. Seems like someone was spreading false information... See: https://twitter.com/#!/LulzSec/status/

According to their Twitter, they haven't hacked the Census. Seems like someone was spreading false information... See: https://twitter.com/#!/LulzSec/status/83168314527981568 https://twitter.com/#!/LulzSec/status/83168314527981568 https://twitter.com/#!/LulzSec/status/83167715799470080 https://twitter.com/#!/LulzSec/status/83167715799470080 EDIT: Those tweets were deleted. Here's the official word: "Just saw the pastebin of the UK census hack. That wasn't us - don't believe fake LulzSec releases unless we put out a tweet first." https://twitter.com/#!/LulzSec/status/83172089711964161 https://twitter.com/#!/LulzSec/status/83172089711964161

pavel_lishin 15y ago
I wonder how long it will take before someone compromises their Twitter account.
joejohnson 15y ago
When you post a tweet, how much information does twitter have about you? An IP adress, what platform you use, etc. I'm just curious, because Lulzsec posts frequently and I wonder if law enforcement could subpoena twitter in attempts to catch these people.
- aparadja 15y ago
  I'm sure they aren't connecting to twitter directly.
- qF 15y ago
  During the 'hunt' for Wikileaks the U.S. has subpoenaed Twitter for info about supposed supporters.[1] In the case of Lulzsec this will have very little use though, as they use VPN's to hide their IP [2]. [1] http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/twitter/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/twitter/ [2] http://lulzsecexposed.blogspot.com/2011/06/scared-puppies.html http://lulzsecexposed.blogspot.com/2011/06/scared-puppies.ht...
  - trotsky 15y ago
    they use VPN's to hide their IP The FBI routinely uses software exploits to install something called CIPAV on the remote client computer to retrieve forensics data and negate the effect of proxies, vpns, tor, etc. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/07/fbi-spyware-how/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/07/fbi-spyware-how/ Twitter almost assuredly has the ability to push a custom iframe or similar based on who is logged on to support these kinds of government payloads. In the case the wired article references myspace directly assisted. Surely being more security paranoid than usual should make it harder for an attack like this to succeed, but if the feds get pissed enough it's not unthinkable that they could get access to a targeted zero day to use.
    - kl4m 15y ago
      It's pretty much useless if the tunnel is on another machine and/or it's firewalled properly.
- mef 15y ago
  It's no secret that the @lulzsec account is controlled by former Anonymous spokesperson Topiary (http://twitter.com/atopiary http://twitter.com/atopiary), whose identity is not publicly known, though it has been anonymously claimed that he or she is Daniel Ackerman Sandberg.
  - nawa 15y ago
    atopiary: "Dear press: I have Russian launch codes, motherfuckers. Come at me bro. I will blow your asses out of the sky you fuckers." lol

pavel_lishin 15y ago

I wonder how long it will take before someone compromises their Twitter account.

joejohnson 15y ago

When you post a tweet, how much information does twitter have about you? An IP adress, what platform you use, etc. I'm just curious, because Lulzsec posts frequently and I wonder if law enforcement could subpoena twitter in attempts to catch these people.

aparadja 15y ago
I'm sure they aren't connecting to twitter directly.
qF 15y ago
During the 'hunt' for Wikileaks the U.S. has subpoenaed Twitter for info about supposed supporters.[1] In the case of Lulzsec this will have very little use though, as they use VPN's to hide their IP [2]. [1] http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/twitter/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/twitter/ [2] http://lulzsecexposed.blogspot.com/2011/06/scared-puppies.html http://lulzsecexposed.blogspot.com/2011/06/scared-puppies.ht...
- trotsky 15y ago
  they use VPN's to hide their IP The FBI routinely uses software exploits to install something called CIPAV on the remote client computer to retrieve forensics data and negate the effect of proxies, vpns, tor, etc. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/07/fbi-spyware-how/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/07/fbi-spyware-how/ Twitter almost assuredly has the ability to push a custom iframe or similar based on who is logged on to support these kinds of government payloads. In the case the wired article references myspace directly assisted. Surely being more security paranoid than usual should make it harder for an attack like this to succeed, but if the feds get pissed enough it's not unthinkable that they could get access to a targeted zero day to use.
  - kl4m 15y ago
    It's pretty much useless if the tunnel is on another machine and/or it's firewalled properly.
mef 15y ago
It's no secret that the @lulzsec account is controlled by former Anonymous spokesperson Topiary (http://twitter.com/atopiary http://twitter.com/atopiary), whose identity is not publicly known, though it has been anonymously claimed that he or she is Daniel Ackerman Sandberg.
- nawa 15y ago
  atopiary: "Dear press: I have Russian launch codes, motherfuckers. Come at me bro. I will blow your asses out of the sky you fuckers." lol