A group of shadowy hackers responsible for a string of recent high-profile cyberattacks has claimed to have stolen email addresses and passwords from associates of an FBI-affiliated security programme. The hackers who call themselves "Lulz Security," or LulzSec, said they had attacked the website of the Atlanta chapter of InfraGard in retaliation for US efforts to classify hacking as an act of war.
Lulz Security published a list online of around 180 email addresses and passwords, which the group said were obtained from the InfraGard website. "We also took complete control over the site and defaced it," Lulz Security said in a statement at their website, Lulzsecurity.com. The InfraGard Atlanta website was "under construction" on Monday.
On its website, InfraGard describes itself as a partnership between the FBI and the private sector "dedicated to sharing information and intelligence to prevent hostile acts against the United States." Its members include businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and others. The hackers marred PBS Web pages with graffiti, exposed account information of member stations, and posted a fake story about the late rap musician Tupac Shakur being alive in New Zealand.
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