Lulzsec hacks into US Senate computers
14 Jun 2011
The Lulzsec hacking group hacked into computers belonging to the US Senate over the weekend and published data obtained from servers. The group also hacked into severs belonging to Bethesda Softworks, a Rockville, Maryland-based game maker.
Although an embarrassing development, the hackers, who have earlier hacked into Sony's website, the Public Broadcasting System and the FBI's Atlanta InfraGard group, did not reach the sensitive portion of the Senate network as they confronted a firewall. The Senate staff had locked the computers for the weekend.
The group hacked into a public portion of the Senate website but did not reach behind a firewall into a more sensitive portion of the network, Martina Bradford, deputy sergeant at arms at the Senate, said.
The sergeant at arms office said the breach had not compromised any individual senator's information as the hackers reached for the server meant for public access.
The data published online by the hackers group also did not appear to be sensitive although it indicates the hackers did access the Senate's computer network.
"We don't like the US government very much," Lulz Security said at the top of their release. "This is a small, just-for-kicks release of some internal data from Senate.gov - is this an act of war, gentlemen? Problem?"
