Hacktivist Pirates! LulzSec and Anonymous

I haven't blogged in a while because I've been working! Working working working! I have 2 jobs now. And my kids are out of school. So I am very busy. It's about time, and this story seems worth passing on.

It's been reported that Hacktivist (i love that word) groups Lulz Security and Anonymous have "declared war" on all governments, large corporations, and banks. Sounds right to me. These groups are interesting. It can make one feel unsettled, realizing how easily someone could hack into any of my accounts, but why would they want to? I have also wondered at the purpose behind some of Lulz hacks. (What's up with Lulz releasing thousands of random email addresses and passwords?) Are they hacktivists? Are they pirates? This letter from Lulz to everyone is interesting, and reads like a pirate's speech to me! Yarr! Take back the internet!

Salutations Lulz Lizards,
As we're aware, the government and whitehat security terrorists across the world continue to dominate and control our Internet ocean. Sitting pretty on cargo bays full of corrupt booty, they think it's acceptable to condition and enslave all vessels in sight. Our Lulz Lizard battle fleet is now declaring immediate and unremitting war on the freedom-snatching moderators of 2011.
Welcome to Operation Anti-Security - we encourage any vessel, large or small, to open fire on any government or agency that crosses their path. We fully endorse the flaunting of the word "AntiSec" on any government website defacement or physical graffiti art. We encourage you to spread the word of AntiSec far and wide, for it will be remembered. To increase efforts, we are now teaming up with the Anonymous collective and all affiliated battleships.
Whether you're sailing with us or against us, whether you hold past grudges or a burning desire to sink our lone ship, we invite you to join the rebellion. Together we can defend ourselves so that our privacy is not overrun by profiteering gluttons. Your hat can be white, gray or black, your skin and race are not important. If you're aware of the corruption, expose it now, in the name of Anti-Security.
Top priority is to steal and leak any classified government information, including email spools and documentation. Prime targets are banks and other high-ranking establishments. If they try to censor our progress, we will obliterate the censor with cannonfire anointed with lizard blood.
It's now or never. Come aboard, we're expecting you...
History begins today.
Lulz Security

 And Anonymous has released LOIC which is a push-button app that can be controlled by a central user (Anon admins) to attack several websites (a main focus of Anonymous is attacking corporations that have stopped doing business with Wikileaks) with little risk of the user getting caught.

Interesting. Piratey. Thoughts?

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