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Lulzsec - 50 Days of Chaos by 6 Legendary Hackers

Summary by Korben
This article is part of my series of special summer hackers. Good reading! In our story of the day, there are 6 teenagers, 1 botnet of 24 million zombie PCs, 50 days of absolute chaos, and 1 balance that will screw everything up. Yes, we're going to talk about LulzSec, the suburb's Oceans Eleven version, which instead of robbing Las Vegas, decided to ridicule Sony, the CIA and the US Senate, all equipped with the same tools as a 2005 kiddie scri…
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This article is part of my series of special summer hackers. Good reading! In our story of the day, there are 6 teenagers, 1 botnet of 24 million zombie PCs, 50 days of absolute chaos, and 1 balance that will screw everything up. Yes, we're going to talk about LulzSec, the suburb's Oceans Eleven version, which instead of robbing Las Vegas, decided to ridicule Sony, the CIA and the US Senate, all equipped with the same tools as a 2005 kiddie scri…

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Korben broke the news in on Friday, July 11, 2025.
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