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Introduction to Cyber-Warfare - Proiect SEMPER FIDELIS

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APPENDIX I. CHAPTER 6: LULZSEC HACKTIVITIES249Approximate dateJuly 27, 2011Target, hacktivity, and modus operandi(where available)19-year-old Jake Davis aka Topiary arrested inLerwick, Shetland, UK, 113 later pleads guilty <strong>to</strong> twocounts of conspiracy 114DetailsAllegedly responsible for the hacksin<strong>to</strong> Web sites of the British NHS,News International, Sony, Nintendo,Arizona State Police, TwentiethCentury Fox, Westboro BaptistChurch, Bethesda Games, Eve Online,HBGary and HBGary Federal, PBSInc., Infragard (with Ryan Cleary) 115August 15, 2011 Hec<strong>to</strong>r Xavier Monsegur pleads guilty <strong>to</strong> 12criminal charges including 3 counts of conspiracy <strong>to</strong>engage in computer hacking, computer hacking infurtherance of fraud, conspiracies <strong>to</strong> commit accessdevice as well as bank fraud, and aggravatedidentity theft—harges that add up <strong>to</strong> 124 yearsprison 116–118August 18, 2011September 22, 2011September 22, 2011November 18, 2011December 3, 2011December 11, 20111 GB of personal information gleaned from e-mailaccount of Richard Garcia (senior vice president atVanguard Defense Industries), subsequentlypublished on Pastebin 119,12023-year-old Cody Andrew Kretsinger (a.k.a.“recursion”) arrested in Phoenix, AZ 122,12348-year-old Chris<strong>to</strong>pher Doyon (a.k.a“Commander X” (PLF)) arrested on conspiracycharges in Santa Cruz, CA, subsequently releasedon bail, 126 later evades authorities by emigrating <strong>to</strong>Canada 127,128IACIS’ internal e-mail archives and personal data(including 38,000 e-mails, voicemails, SMS textmessage logs) pertaining <strong>to</strong> white hat computercrime investiga<strong>to</strong>r 132,133LulzSec Portugal launches DDoS attacks on Websites associated with the Portuguese government inresponse <strong>to</strong> police’s violent reaction <strong>to</strong> protests onNovember, 24 135Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail (CLEAR)sees member details, personal information andmore than 2400 hashed passwords exposed 136#AntiSec; Garcia is affiliated withInfraGard and former AssistantDirec<strong>to</strong>r <strong>to</strong> the FBI’s Los Angelesoffice 121Allegedly responsible for SonyPictures Entertainment breach 124,125DDoS-attack on Santa Cruz Countyservers (December 16, 2010) 129–131#AntiSec, #FFF; against white hathackers who work <strong>to</strong> protect thestatus quo Anonymous and affiliatesare seeking <strong>to</strong> destroy 134Exphin1ty, AntiSec- andAnonymous-affiliated hacker; inprotest of law enforcement violenttreatment of Occupy Wall Streetprotes<strong>to</strong>rs 137December 6-24, 2011Web site of private intelligence company, Stratfor #AntiSec, 140 #Lulzmas, 141 in(Strategic Forecasting Inc.), defaced; nearly 3million e-mails gleaned, personal information of860,000 subscribers exposed some of which (60,000)also see their banking information used <strong>to</strong> makedonations <strong>to</strong> charitable organizations($700,000) 138,139pursuance of research on statecorporatealliance in its attempts <strong>to</strong>curb information freedom, 142 internale-mails later leaked via WikiLeaks,Jeremy Hammond alleged ringleader 143,144Continued

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