LulzSec Leadership Exposed by Security Researcher

Security researcher following the hacktivist group since at least the end of May appears to be the one behind massive release of group’s IRC chat logs; exposes leadership hierarchy, co-founders, and identifying data on each.

It seems a security researcher under the alias “KillerCube” is actually the one responsible for allegedly exposing the identities of the hacktivist group LulzSec’s leadership, and has even gone a step further by outlining what he believes is its leadership hierarchy.

Earlier I identified the person responsible for the pastebin dump as purported “ex-marine intelligence,” and self-proclaimed “good hacker” Th3J35t3r (The Jester), but it turns out that KillerCube was the one behind the leak.

“Everyone keeps saying that the jester did that stuff on Sabu but he didn’t,” he told me in a email exchange. It truns out he’s right, and even updated the pastebin account data to prove it.

In any event, when I asked what his motivation was for monitoring and exposing LulzSec he replied that he’s “hoping that open information and collaboration can lead to the identification and arrest of this group.”

“I am just a security researcher that has been following Lulzsec since the end of May,” he told me, adding that he “decided to make it public so that I can hopefully get feedback from others that know how to search for this type of information.”

Where it gets further complicated is his research alleging to identify LulzSec’s hierarchy.

“Sabu as [sic] the leader and Topiary as the next in command,” reads a pastebin post. “Then we have joepie91 or 92, kayla, storm, trollpoll, tflow, pwnsauce, Neuron, hsien, kl0ps, Avunit, io, and Recursion.”

It appears that tflow, Sabu, Topiary, and Kayla are the four co-founders, if you will.

Jun 04 08:28:31 <Topiary> hmm not sure who IS LulzSec really… tflow/Sabu/myself/kayla started

If this IRC chatter wasn’t enough, Sabu also mentions the LulzSec attack on the FBI earlier this month.

Jun 03 23:31:32 <Sabu> you realize we smacked the fbi today
Jun 03 23:31:36 <Sabu> this means everyone in here
Jun 03 23:31:42 <Sabu> must remain extremely secure

He goes on to remind everyone that their VPN is their “weapon” and that they must always “stay behind” it. “Without your weapon you are nothing,” he wrote.

KillerCube goes the extra mile and releases a compilation of data on Sabu, Kayla, Topiary, Storm, and Joepie91.

In the meantime LulzSec has mocked The Jester for his “online campaign” against the group, calling him “rather bland and seemingly schizophrenic.” Trouble is, the group doesn’t deny the accuracy of the IRC chat logs.

Either way, is it just me or does the whole thing lack flair? I think LulzSec ough to target the official state websites of countries like North Korea, Mynamar, or the grand daddy of them all – China. Reading about the intricacies of the Arizona police department is just plain boring.

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Jared Moya
I've been interested in P2P since the early, high-flying days of Napster and KaZaA. I believe that analog copyright laws are ill-suited to the digital age, and that art and culture shouldn't be subject to the whims of international entertainment industry conglomerates. Twitter | Google Plus

That has nothing to do with it. There actions speak louder than slanderous words like "Anti-Semitism". Don't play the holocaust card as an excuse for Israel's ACTIONS in the 21st Century. I'm tired of everyone "pretending' that Israel and America can do NO wrong because Jews were persecuted and America is the defender of FREEDOM. Get a clue and hop into reality.

huh

I hate to get into it with you since you're the author and I enjoy your work (why I visit the site), but give me a fucking break with the pro-Israel shilling. You accusing me of anti-semitism for opposing Israel's extra-judicial assassinations, hording of nuclear weapons, and whole-scale manipulation of foreign governments is asinine. That would be like someone saying they opposed Obama's policies and some shill calling him a racist. Grow up. As for shooting protesters in the head, using tank rounds against civilians, attacking UN troops, dropping phosphorous munitions on civilians, etc, Israel has done it all ... though I see you give them a free pass and only mention Syria (whose actions are also despicable).

Pay attention cretin

Haven't you noticed? These people don't go after absolute prison states like North Korea, they DO go against Teh Big Bad Bankas (TM), Oh So Evul Wall Street (TM) and Teh Big Bad Corpyashuns (TM). To my knowledge Israel is pretty bland (as those cables revealed) and since, unlike spoiled brats like you, they face real attacks on a daily basis they're a bit more security conscious than most. And of course we all know there's no corruption in the Chinese government... I wish it could whack people like you over the head with the mallet of sense.