Brazilian government, energy company latest LulzSec victims

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217860/Brazilian_government_energy_company_latest_LulzSec_victims

By Robert McMillan
IDG News Service
June 22, 2011

Websites belonging to the Brazilian government and energy giant 
Petrobras were knocked offline Wednesday in a series of cyberattacks.

The LulzSec hacking group credited its "Brazilian arm," for the attacks, 
which are the latest in a series of anti-government cyberassaults 
launched by the anarchic hacking group. LulzSec has also hit systems at 
the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Senate, and the U.K.'s 
Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).

The Brazilian group behind the latest incidents, appears to be a new 
group of Portuguese speaking volunteers who have decided to hit 
Brazilian targets for political reasons. LulzSec has been calling on 
hackers and activists to launch an assault against government secrets, 
an operation it's termed Anti-Security,

Brazil's Secretary of Communications said Wednesday that the attack 
began at 12:30 a.m., local time and finished two-and-a-half hours later. 
Brazil's www.presidencia.gov.br and www.portalbrasil.gov.br websites 
were knocked offline as was the www.receita.fazenda.gov.br site, 
operated by the country's tax-collection agency.

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