Calling the UK Government illiterate, LulzSec says they have the 2011 UK Census in its entirety, and that they plan to leak the entire thing when they finish formatting it. Uh oh.
Greetings Internets,
We have blissfully obtained records of every single citizen who gave their records to the security-illiterate UK government for the 2011 census
We’re keeping them under lock and key though… so don’t worry about your privacy (…until we finish re-formatting them for release)
Myself and the rest of my Lulz shipmates will then embark upon a trip to ThePirateBay with our beautiful records for your viewing pleasure!
Ahoy! Bwahahaha… >:]
Cap’n Pierre “Lulz” Dubois
Then they dropped a couple of bonus links to internal documents from the gaming company Bethesda and the US Senate (for the Lulz, presumably). This goes hand in hand with Scotland Yard arresting a 19-year-old in connection with the LulzSec hacks.
UPDATE: LulzSec made it explicitly clear they didn’t hack the UK Census. In fact they deny any involvement at all. So does anyone have the UK Census? [PasteBin]
Mr Kips
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 8:49 AMWasn’t them. a quote from their twitter feed:
“Just saw the pastebin of the UK census hack. That wasn’t us – don’t believe fake LulzSec releases unless we put out a tweet first.”
“Anyone in the world can copy and paste The Lulz Boat ASCII art and general lighthearted theme. Smarten up, check the feed first. #AntiSec”
“People should keep releasing fake LulzSec stuff. It helps filter out the peon masses from the respectable, fact-checking media outlets.”
olearymo
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 9:10 AMSo, why is the UK census not properly protected? People don’t seem to see that this is the issue.
Anon
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 9:32 AMThe UK census is free to browse if you make a booking and wander into any county office in the UK. You can request individual records online, too (for a fee). So not really a massive deal.
ChemZ
Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 5:48 AMCencus info is made available to anyone.
True or not, what’s the big deal?