I was wondering the same thing myself. It stinks of False Flag.

Everyone at LulzSec is either an angsty teen or a manchild who kept too much interest in Anonymous without going into the Scientology protests. Their 1337 hacking kit most likely involves Tor, LOIC and a green-on-black reskin for command line. If you ever step into their IRC (irc.lulzco.org #lulzsec) you will see what is meant by this.

I've been saying the same thing for a few days now. Anon's are supposedly being busted everywhere while Lulzsec do some actual damage and are still merrily hacking away? Oh, and Anon challenges NATO, while Anon's 'president' (huh? president?) is arrested in Spain..Uh-huh...

Internet crackdown incoming..

Yesterday, they opened an apparently-untraceable phone switchboard, and invited incoming calls. 614-LULZ-SEC

Yeah, I know, I almost called it though gmail, then realized that'd be a bad idea, them getting my real name or whatnot lol. I wouldn't have had anything nice to say.

It's a little too coincidental that the Cyber Security and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2011 is going to be voted on pretty soon.

hmm just like the patriot act after 9-11

Amazing that @LulzSec can run a busy switchboard, a Twitter feed on PCB, hack governments, companies gaming websites and still evade the consequences 24/7. They are just too good and too well organised. They even use all the memes so the /b/ anon DNA is in there to make it seem legit.

Either they are:
1) A paramilitary funded FBI /CIA false flag to bring anarchy and thus, an end to the free internet by making citizens demand internet controls, filters, snooping, governance etc

OR

2) They're a just doin' it for tah LuLZ

Either way, both prospects are chilling...

moar on lulzsec

Well lets see how this goes:

• Government declares hacking is an "Act of War"
• hackers are hacking the hack out of everything...
• War is declared on hackers,
• Powers to control the internet are given...as it "War"...
• Voila, insta/presto - internet is contained and controlled...
• Problem, reaction - solution.

Priceless... watch, up next will be something like Facebook and some other top level sites, a bank that loses all their money... something big and the Feds will be right on it with a convenient control mechanism, which - thank god! and just in time to stop the bad hackers...

then they let the machines take over

i dont know why these ppl are wasting their time and talent going after dumb shit when they could obviously be fucking up monsanto and the koch bro's shit.

Gov-op to discredit anon and garner public support for "OMG STOP THE INTERNET!"

many people have been saying this. if it isn't this, i've been thinking the advertisements are more of a cloaking device so that everyone's attention is diverted while they go after their real targets.

this guy: http://endthelie.com/2011/06/13/latest-target-in-flurry-of-lulzsec-attacks-senate-gov/

said that already lol

FTA: Why has this group of hackers changed their sights to the government secured networks, breaches of which the Pentagon considers to be an act of war?

Very good question indeed. I'm not so sure that getting themselves labeled war criminals/traitors/cyber-terrorrists is good for the overall acquisition of lulz, seems like that would a bit of a lulzblocker, actually.

being arrested and investigated by the FBI tends to infringe on the lulz

It is not impossible, but unlikely. Prolific hacking groups have been around for decades, and many have sat on large quantities of "booty".

The amount of vulnerabilities and exploitable platforms have risen to epic levels.

Yes, it could be a nationally backed syndicate, yes there could be mafia ties and all that organized cybercrime chewy nuget filling. but in the end, it's apparently all for the lulz.

After this latest round of 'lulz' (attacking minecraft.net for example) I think it is more and more obvious that they are a DoD (or some other official acronym) initiative to infuriate large sections of the internet and usher in more regulated internet for the great unwashed. That will also be more monetized too.

Whether it will work out is up for debate.

won't work. /b is currently on the hunt to expose them

Exactly my thoughts. Glad someone said it.

"We will lead all opposition to us"

First you develop what you need to be put into place and then you implement a problem to justify the predetermined solution.

Order out of Chaos.... the americans can never work it out so it is unstoppable

To be honest, I've worked in InfoSec for about six years now and I have no trouble in believing that they can remain truly anonymous for this long - the technology certainly exists, and political implications mean that it isn't always easy getting the international jurisdiction required in order to catch such people.

This was posted in /r/netsec about a week ago, and I make no claims for its authenticity but it's interesting enough: http://pastebin.com/RBjzDQbS

This shows an international organisation (one of them, interestingly, works for 2600.com which was actually assaulted by LulzSec due to a disagreement over IRC I think) attacking international targets used by international users. If this is a false flag then obviously a truly global crackdown is expected, and if you go down the conspiracy route then attacking popular services such as Minecraft and EVE Online, as well as leaking personal details, is just going to rile people up and demand that action is taken. Hardened conspiracy theorists might call this a "psy-op". As for the guy in Delaware, if the listing is authentic then why haven't the FBI picked him up?

They're very open and brazen despite being alarmingly successful which is probably why some people (myself included) are asking very serious questions about who is really behind it and why. If it is a false flag "psy-op" or whatever, then you can bet your bottom dollar that LulzSec will be thrown to the dogs once they've outlived their usefulness, given crazy prison sentences and the whole thing is swept under the rug for another day.

Lamo? Really? That is very interesting.

He's part of some shit, that's for sure. Ever seen the interviews where the guy looks totally drugged out of his mind? Weird stuff. You see a video of him at a conference, speaking quite eloquently, then an interview of him at his home where he looks fucking lobotomized. Might just be owned by someone.

Cyber False-Flagists

I'm very skeptical about the recent hack on the so called Black and Berg Cybersecurity website. I mean, the page still hasn't changed? It seems too obvious that no ones going to 'own up' for a measly $10k, leaving me to believe that its another psuedo-hack.

Its a double false flag : this post is lulzsec sowing the idea that lulzsec is benefiting from government aid.

Well played, lulzsec, well played.

MOTHER OF GOD

Conspiraception?

AMERICAS NEXT BOGEYMAN

THE INTERNET

interesting that the MSM are painting a divide and conquer "Lulzsec v Anonymous" picture in this article: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/there-is-no-security-hackers-take-down-cia-site-20110616-1g4om.html