Lulz Security made its announcement yesterday through its Twitter account. It gave no reason for the disbandment, which could be a sign of nerves in the face of law enforcement investigations.
One of the group's members was interviewed by The Associated Press on Friday, but gave no indication that its work was ending.
LulzSec claimed hacks on major entertainment companies, FBI partner organisations, the CIA, the US Senate and a pornography website.
Kevin Mitnick, a security consultant and former hacker, said the group had probably concluded that the more they kept up their activities the greater the chance one of them would make some mistake to enable authorities to catch them.
They inspired copycat groups around the globe, he noted, which meant similar attacks were likely to continue even without LulzSec.
"They can sit back and watch the mayhem and not risk being captured," Mr Mitnick said.
As a parting shot, LulzSec released documents and log-in information apparently gleaned from gaming websites and corporate servers.
The largest group of documents - 338 files - appears to be internal documents from AT&T , detailing its buildout of a new wireless broadband network in the US.
A spokesman for the phone company could not immediately confirm the authenticity of the documents.
In the earlier interview, the LulzSec member said the group was sitting on at least five gigabytes of government and law enforcement data from across the world, which it planned to release in the next three weeks. Yesterday's release was less than a tenth that size.
In an unusual strategy for a hacker group, LulzSec has sought publicity and conducted a conversation with the public through its Twitter account.
Observers believe it is an offshoot of Anonymous, a larger, more loosely organised group that attempts to mobilise hackers for attacks on targets it considers immoral, such as Middle Eastern governments and opponents of WikiLeaks.
LulzSec, on the other hand, claimed it attacked anyone it could for "the lulz", which is internet jargon for "laughs".
A British teenager diagnosed with autism and accused of attacking websites as part of LulzSec was remanded in custody at the weekend.
Ryan Cleary, 19, appeared at a London court charged with offences including hacking into the website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
Judge Nicholas Evans initially granted him bail after his defence team said the teenager had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, since his arrest.
The decision was swiftly overturned after objections by prosecutors.
From: theaustralian.com
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In the earlier interview, the LulzSec member said the group was sitting on at least five gigabytes of government and law enforcement data from across the world, which it planned to release in the next three weeks. Yesterday's release was less than a tenth that size.
In an unusual strategy for a hacker group, LulzSec has sought publicity and conducted a conversation with the public through its Twitter account.
Observers believe it is an offshoot of Anonymous, a larger, more loosely organised group that attempts to mobilise hackers for attacks on targets it considers immoral, such as Middle Eastern governments and opponents of WikiLeaks.
LulzSec, on the other hand, claimed it attacked anyone it could for "the lulz", which is internet jargon for "laughs".
A British teenager diagnosed with autism and accused of attacking websites as part of LulzSec was remanded in custody at the weekend.
Ryan Cleary, 19, appeared at a London court charged with offences including hacking into the website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
Judge Nicholas Evans initially granted him bail after his defence team said the teenager had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, since his arrest.
The decision was swiftly overturned after objections by prosecutors.
From: theaustralian.com
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