Lulzsec gets hacking downunder

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

[The first paragraph, to me, is misleading. It implies Distribute.IT
  (http://www.distributeit.com.au/) was DoS'd and the e-mail
  addresses/passwords were taken from them. I believe that to be separate
  incidents; Distribute.IT was DoS'd by LulzSec, and the same group also
  took a list of e-mail addresses / passwords from an unknown source. We
  know ~ 12k of those likely came from Writerspace.com though. - jericho]


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/17/lulzsec_release_aus_data/

Lulzsec gets hacking downunder
Pranksters release 62,000 email details
By Natalie Apostolou
17th June 2011

Notorious hackivist group Lulzsec has brought down Australian domain 
registrar and web hosts Distribute.IT and publicly published a list of 
62,000 international email addresses and passwords.

The data files appear to be cobbled together from a variety of sources, 
but the Australian email details include a number from Australian 
universities and government departments including AusAID, the Victorian 
Department of Childhood and Early Education and several local councils in 
NSW and Victoria.

The Australian policy authority and industry self-regulatory body for the 
.au domain space, auDA, would not comment on the matter. The latest hack 
attack from LulzSec follows on from its CIA security violation yesterday.

Distribute.IT remains offline (at press time) after being initially 
attacked on Saturday. The immobilised company described the attack as 
.despicable. and is working with authorities providing usable information 
to locate the source.

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