Hackers taunt FBI after hitting partner sites

The hackers who owned up to attacking the websites of Sony Pictures and the Public Broadcasting Service have now directed their attention on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), after the Obama administration warned that attacks directed against US assets could be met with military action. LulzSec said that since the Obama administration treats hacking as an act of war, “we just hacked an FBI-affiliated website and leaked its user base." “We also took complete control over the site and defaced it," it said in a release on its website, referring to Infragard’s Atlanta chapter. A visit to the attacked site, http://infragardatlanta.org/, showed a “Forbidden" page as of 1 p.m. Saturday (in Manila). LulzSec also taunted the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO's) supposed threats to go after hackers. “We accept your threats, NATO. Game on, losers," it said. LulzSec noted most of the users at the hacked site reuse their passwords in other places, “which is heavily frowned upon in the FBI/Infragard handbook and generally everywhere else too." “Just a note: password reuse is heavily frowned upon in the FBI and Infragard handbook. Many of these people are in violation of this strict code and should be considered imbeciles from this moment until their moment of death," it said. Also, LulzSec said it contacted one of the users who reused his password in other accounts, and claimed he offered to pay the group to eliminate his opponents and “in return for our silence." It also claimed to have uncovered an operation orchestrated by Unveillance and others to control and assess Libyan cyberspace through malicious means. “The U.S. government is funding the CSFI to attack Libya's cyber infrastructure. You will find the emails of all 23 people involved in the emails," it said. Earlier, LulzSec claimed to have hacked Sony Pictures and leaked its database online; and defaced the PBS website. — TJD, GMA News