Lulzsec retired?

[Jax]

http://pastebin.com/1znEGmHa

Friends around the globe,
We are Lulz Security, and this is our final release, as today marks something meaningful to us. 50 days ago, we set sail with our humble ship on an uneasy and brutal ocean: the Internet. The hate machine, the love machine, the machine powered by many machines. We are all part of it, helping it grow, and helping it grow on us.

For the past 50 days we've been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could. All to selflessly entertain others - vanity, fame, recognition, all of these things are shadowed by our desire for that which we all love. The raw, uninterrupted, chaotic thrill of entertainment and anarchy. It's what we all crave, even the seemingly lifeless politicians and emotionless, middle-aged self-titled failures. You are not failures. You have not blown away. You can get what you want and you are worth having it, believe in yourself.

While we are responsible for everything that The Lulz Boat is, we are not tied to this identity permanently. Behind this jolly visage of rainbows and top hats, we are people. People with a preference for music, a preference for food; we have varying taste in clothes and television, we are just like you. Even Hitler and Osama Bin Laden had these unique variations and style, and isn't that interesting to know? The mediocre painter turned supervillain liked cats more than we did.

Again, behind the mask, behind the insanity and mayhem, we truly believe in the AntiSec movement. We believe in it so strongly that we brought it back, much to the dismay of those looking for more anarchic lulz. We hope, wish, even beg, that the movement manifests itself into a revolution that can continue on without us. The support we've gathered for it in such a short space of time is truly overwhelming, and not to mention humbling. Please don't stop. Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve.

So with those last thoughts, it's time to say bon voyage. Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance, leaving behind - we hope - inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love. If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere. Anywhere.

Thank you for sailing with us. The breeze is fresh and the sun is setting, so now we head for the horizon.

Let it flow...

Lulz Security - our crew of six wishes you a happy 2011, and a shout-out to all of our battlefleet members and supporters across the globe

Such a touching ending...

[Violet]

People aren't gone because they say they are, Jaxie

That isn't to say they are going to cause any particular damage of course

[Autumnlicious]

Due to infighting between Lulzsec and Anonymous, I believe they cut off their campaign early.

Also, the pincher attacks of the FBI, th3j35ter, Web Ninjas (and Anonymous, once more proving their inability to work constructively) as well as a few foolish actions taken by Lulzsec members (one gave away stolen vouchers to an untrusted entity, another stupidly set up an IAMA on Reddit.com) would lead me to believe that the leader of Lulzsec called it off, possibly for the safety of himself and his hackers.

Which is a shame, but seeing the inevitable show-trial and lapdog extradition of that IRC operator (Yes, I believe firmly, after reading the pastebin.com IRC logs, he is mostly unassociated with Lulzsec), it would be a prudent call.

[HeyItsZeus]

Pieces of crap. Good riddance, but who will replace them now?

[Violet]

Pieces of crap. Good riddance, but who will replace them now?

You really think they were/are the only hackers inside all your systems?

[Autumnlicious]

Lulzsec was merely the tip of the iceberg.

And like Titanic, just because you can see the tip doesn't mean there is a whole shitload of ice incoming.