14 DAY TRIAL // Lulz Security, the infamous hacking group that broke into computer systems belonging to numerous companies, organizations and government agencies in recent weeks, has announced its disbandment.
"We are Lulz Security, and this is our final release, as today marks something meaningful to us," the hacking outfit wrote in a press release published on Saturday.
The group gets a little bit philosophical and explains that their actions were done for entertainment because that's what's driving us all.
Referring to the Anti-Security movement LulzSec says that it hopes others will continue to be involved in it after they dissapear.
And indeed, Anonymous announced that it will pick up from where LulzSec left off, and that the LulzSec members themselves have joined the hacktivist collective.
In fact, some of the LulzSec members, like Topiary, were long-time Anonymous supporters, while others also associated themselves with the group in the past.
According to some online sources, LulzSec was formed from members of gnosis, the hacker gang that hacked into Gawker last year, and AnonOps, the DDoSing arm of Anonymous.
In its final announcement LulzSec claims that it had six members and that they only intended to operate together under this name for 50 days. "So with those last thoughts, it's time to say bon voyage.
"Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance, leaving behind - we hope - inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love. If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere. Anywhere," the group writes.
However, the disbandment was most likely driven by the personal information released about the group's members by rival hackers.
While most of the details are likely bogus and based on a lot of guesswork, at least some parts are probably true, which would be enough to scare them off.