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Notorious hacking group LulzSec has docked their infamous Lulz Boat and announced an end to their 50-day campaign, but not before releasing 500,000 accounts gained from numerous gaming forums and EA’s online shooter Battlefield Heroes.
The group announced in a statement that its “planned 50 day cruise has expired,” and that the AntiSec organisation “must now sail into the distance, leaving behind – we hope – inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love.”
EA has taken Battlefield Heroes offline in response. “Service on the Battlefield Heroes free-to-play site has been temporarily halted while we investigate a security breach,” says the website.
Screen names and encrypted passwords were taken. “To the best of our knowledge, it appears that no personal data was compromised. No emails, account history, credit card numbers or payment methods,” said EA.
LulzSec’s targets were not specifically gaming related, but the group managed to claim the scalps of Nintendo, Sony, Bethesda, Minecraft, EVE Online, and League of Legends.
Last week UK police arrested 19-year-old Ryan Clearly and charged him with five offenses of hacking websites in relation to LulzSec’s activities.
“Thank you for sailing with us. The breeze is fresh and the sun is setting, so now we head for the horizon,” said LulzSec’s statement. Will the group really be able to fade away so easily?
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