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Everything has an expiration date -- Lulz Security lasted 50 days.

“Lulzsec -- the hacker group that has penetrated a number of high-profile Web sites over the past two months -- has suddenly ceased its activities. The group announced its withdrawal through its twitter account and gave no reason for the decision.” (Euronews)

Although Lulzsec says its end was its choice -- just an end to its fun and games -- but a technology blogger for The Guardian suspects otherwise.

“...corralled by the external pressure of people wanting them to do ever more dramatic things, a media that was getting closer to it, and hackers who wanted to out them, allied to a dwindling list of ready-made targets, there wasn't any choice. Breaking up ... became the obvious, safest move.”

Just because Lulzsec has broken up though, does not mean attacks are guaranteed to stop -- Lulzsec is actually hoping for the opposite -- according to its final release...

“...we've been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself … just because we could. 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... Please don't stop.” (Twitter) (Paste Bin)

Lulzsec believes in the anti-security movement so much they even urged followers to join a rival group of hackers -- Anonymous. And according to CNET the group is ready to pick up where Lulzsec left off...

“Anonymous used its Twitter account yesterday to announce its intention to post data from the [SENTINEL] program on the Web, asking its followers if they were ‘ever interested in anti-cyberterrorism training.’ ...the files... include information on publicly available hacking resources and lists of FBI bureau addresses.”

Anonymous is not the only opportunity for hackers though -- Channel 4 News reports...

“There are still plenty more hacking groups claiming to be active, but there's no way of knowing if  what they say is true.  Team Poison has told Channel 4 News it has three members and said we are linked to underground hacking groups and other hacktivist groups too.”

Because of these old and new hackers, The New York Times reports some security companies are upping their defenses.

“All it takes is one guy in his basement to do this, not an organized group... the Department of Homeland Security plans to introduce a system... The agency’s hope is that the program, which is voluntary, will make it easier ... to better secure their corners of the Internet, thus contributing to a safer global network.”

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