Before disbanding, LulzSec releases Battlefield Heroes data

by Ben Gilbert on Jun 27th 2011 2:20PM

The sextet of hackers known as "Lulz Security" may be done with their 50-day reign of semi-terror, but that doesn't mean the ramifications of their actions are over. In a final file released alongside yesterday's statement, the group released info from approximately 550,000 Battlefield Heroes beta user accounts (according to Rock, Paper, Shotgun) as well as the info from roughly 50,000 "random gaming forum" users. EA tells Eurogamer that the info was from "an early beta version" of the game, and "no emails, account history, credit card numbers or payment methods" were obtained.

Apparently the breach took down BF Heroes servers over the weekend, though EA also explained that it has recovered the free-to-play FPS to operational status. And though it's possible that some of the group's handiwork has yet to be discovered, we're hopeful that this is the last story of a breach we'll be writing after the hacking group's disbandment.

Source: Eurogamer, Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Tags: battlefield-heroes, ea, electronic-arts, free-to-play, hackers, lulz-security, lulzsec, mac, pc

Reader Comments (51)

How is battlefield heroes? I forgot about that game

@Timjoy It's comparatively awful, and I haven't played in so long, but now more of my info may be at risk. WTF

@Timjoy
Yeah. At the time it reminded me of a literally cheap Team Fortress 2 knockoff but it looks like it had some interesting game-play mechanics

@Timjoy

Like a crappy F2P version of TF2 & Battlefield. Of course, now that both of those games are also free to play, there is no compelling reason to play this now.

@Timjoy the game isn't bad, it just takes so long to actually kill someone that it gets annoying.

@Marshillboy
I don't see how as it doesn't play like TF2. It's just a cartoony Battlefield. End.

Any of you goofs out there still think they did this to "help companies realize they need to tighten up their security"?

What a joke.

@Vcize

Except it's not, since the companies out there still aren't actually trying to close their security holes.

@Vcize
Showing info you took from a free to play is a really horrible way to go out. Such a pathetic group of virgins.

I remember when "Dark_Alex" left the PSP scene.

HE DIDN'T. He took on a new name and a year later announced he was the same guy.

This is more of a vacation than anything. He'll be back.

@Destati
Oh? Who did he become?

@Tihn

Elvis Parsley, professional vegan celebrity impersonator. Check out his show in Vegas if you get the chance.

@Destati

Why follow these losers like some sort of celebrity? They do this stuff in part to be famous. Don't be part of the problem.

@Tihn
The M33 Group was actually just Dark Alex, but he implied it was more than one person.

Wow aren't they some cool cats.

Apparently free-to-play equals oppressive.

@Gandkaidos
See the forest for the trees: they're not noble Internet crusaders, they're assholes whose purpose is to do piss off/do damage to as many random people as possible.

@The Moof
"Noble" isn't in their vocabulary. "Oppressive" and "anarchy" seem otherwise. xD

Douchebags to the bitter end.

Douchebags

@JayTwo I literally laugh when I watch Caddyshack, but to each their own I suppose.

It's like someone keeps stabbing me, right after the previous stab wound has clotted.

So what did they get? It said no email was taken. Was it just account name and password then?

So these hackers pretend they try to help gaming industries, yet all they do is give out users info. If these a holes want to attack the business, then attack them. Stop screwing with gamers who dont deserve your ignorant ways of just giving away their info. What did the 550000 people do to these idiots? Hang these hackers and lets go home.

Is it just me or did these guys pick the most random targets?

@Lannden

Correct. They're such awful "hackers" they picked their targets based upon the ones they were actually capable of hacking (the ones with piss-poor security and vulnerable to elementary exploits).

@Lannden
Other than the Arizona thing, I don't think so. They pretty much remained within the arena of man-child interests (I'm aware of "glass houses" & such. However, their attacks illustrated how large their frame of reference is. I'm sure Wizards of the Coast were locking all of their doors and ordering ADT).

@RickGhastly

I'm more looking at more as it seemed like they had no goal in mind other than chaos even though they were preaching about some grand ideal the whole time.

Maybe my mindset is to lawful to understand the chaotic mind. (Sorry could not resist it when you mentioned Wizards.)

@Lannden

*I'm more looking at it as though they had no goal in mind,

I'm sorry English language.

I have never wanted to punch six people in the face at the same time so badly before...

I understand doing it for the "lulz". But you think they could have left a bunch of innocent people out of it? Hack PBS and the CIA all you want but the people they likely identify themselves as, gamers, should have been left out.

I had problems playing on Battlefield play for free

Remember that Lulzsec leaving wasn't some pre-meditated clause written in their (unwritten) manifesto from the beginning (unlike what they like to claim). The real reason why they're leaving is that the consequences of what they're doing are coming home to roost. Their personal information is being released, a member was already arrested, etc.

They just looked at when they started, thought 50 was a nice round number and started pretending like they planned their exodus all along, not unlike how they always pretended like they actually knew what they were doing and were acting like more than the pathetic manchildren that they are.

Oh yeah.

Really fightin' for our rights.

Yep.

There is one more breach I'd like to hear about in regards to lulzsec, but it involves a prison, broom stick, and a guy named Bubba.

One day after I invent a device that allows me to punch people in the face over the internet, all these lulzsec idiots are going to get black eyes.

I hear these a**holes are teaming up with another group of a**holes and are plotting on PSN again. Hope Sony's ready. I would LOVE to see these a**holes crash and burn.

Bunch of a**holes.

@BigEgo007

But Sony's NOT ready, that's the thing. EVEN AFTER the huge attack where they lost a ton of customer info and a huge amount of money, credibility, and had to answer to the feds, they STILL didn't up their security prior to re-releasing PSN.

It's still their fault they got hacked. Nobody at Sony protected their system properly - Hell, they got hit by methods that are YEARS old.

If you're not protecting your system against YEAR old hacking methods, you deserve everything coming to you, time and time again.

@Copybass Ah jeez zombies

ummm. OK. I doubt you know what you're talking about, but I'll just humor you and go along with it.

@BigEgo007

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/exploits_of_a_mom.png

Who would you blame, the mother, or the school's idiot web developer?

Because it's the idiot web developer/database tech who lost everyone at Sony all their user info.

@Copybass Ah jeez zombies

Sigh.. there you go again...

So if I managed to break into your house and beat you savagely with a bag full of doorknobs and then proceeded to rip your limbs off with my suped up Radio Shack Armatron, I guess it would be your fault because you didn't lock your door, or you didn't buy shatter proof glass or you didn't build a wall that could withstand the force of my backhoe ramming it.

Does this even sound remotely ludicrous to you? No one can live in a house that could 100% successfully repel all attempts to enter it. And no one can build an online system that can repel all attacks. Blaming the victim of a crime sounds so 1970's (e.g. Your honour, she wanted it , look at the way she dressed).

@Lannden
Very true. And I forgot they also targeted the CIA (but let's face it, we all know they were checking records for the existence "Foster" and "Irene Lew").

I suppose the best part of this is that they've expended everyone's good will at once. I don't see many "Hacktivism" sprees getting much public support in the future.

Flash forward in time 2 months.

anybody remember Lulzsec? Me either.

Way to make history boys. And I do mean boys.

It's funny that these kids think they're hackers and all they are is script kiddy douches that ruin people's gaming in websites that haven't updated their security in ages. Way to go kids, have fun fun fun fun being incarcerated lol.

It was actually pretty fun until they made it pay to win. Good thing I didn't buy anything with real money.

God damn douchebags.

*shakes fist in anger*

How do these hackers benefit from stealing account data (potential identity theft)?

I played the Beta. Managed to dodge every single other leak, but got caught in this one. Went and changed by EA password, so I'm good now. But Lulzsec can die in a fire for all I care.

@Capgun
Your avatar made me LOL that it should have.

I highly doubt companies can relax thier butts yet. They'll be back.

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Before disbanding, LulzSec releases Battlefield Heroes data

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