It all started last week when the U.S. government made the
announcement that any cyber attack on a company in the U.S. would be treated as
an Act of War. Well that got the world
hacking groups working. Why, you may
ask? To prove that they could. At first it was another attack on Sony, then
Nintendo, and so on. Late last week it
was several defense contractors. Then
Google itself, and most recently Citi.
A group called Lulz (laugh out loud) took responsibility for
it and said that it would make the information that had been taken from the
companies public to prove that they had indeed done the dirty deed so to
speak. What information you may ask. Well, in some cases it is account logins and passwords,
some email login and passwords. And,
lastly, in the case of Sony there is Credit Card information that has been
taken. Citi Bank alone has admitted to
200,000 accounts that have been
Now today, some good news of sorts. Span has arrested 3 people that they say are
part of the group that has caused some of the hacking. So, as I am sure, this story will go on and
on.
What does it mean to you?
Well I think that it has been proven that there is a group of people
that if they desire can get any information that they want. If these major companies have not hardened
their networks shame on them. But, I am
afraid that it is like the locks on our houses.
They work to keep the honest people honest. If someone wants it they will get it.