LulzSec Used Ubuntu

By Joey Sneddon, Published June 26, 2011

In the latest (and seemingly final) batch of documents dumped on The Pirate Bay by computer hacker outfit ‘LulzSec’, a familiar looking operating system can be seen in use.

A screenshot included in the file dump named ‘navy.mil owned.png’, which appears to show a hacked resource relating to the US Navy, shows Firefox running under what looks to be Ubuntu 10.10.

Note: This image has been cropped to omit personal data (to cover our asses)

The inclusion of the shot doesn’t really mean anything profound. LulzSec, a group with several members, will have also been using Windows and OS X to commit their alleged hacking.

But it’s always interesting to see Ubuntu in use where you don’t expect to see it – even when it’s used for something questionable.

Thanks to lUiGi

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http://tomslominski.net/ Tom Slominski
I don’t know whether that’s good or bad…
http://tomslominski.net/ Tom Slominski
I don’t know whether that’s good or bad…
http://twitter.com/toxicbits toxicbits
Maybe to make it harder to get hacked themselves ?

Anonymous
lame

http://twitter.com/toxicbits toxicbits
You are a very intersting specimen of a retard.

Anonymous
butthurt?

http://twitter.com/toxicbits toxicbits
Are sentence-structures with more than ~ one word to complicated for you?
Please go die

Đức Khôi Đoàn
Hmm I was about to post the same comment as yours.

http://twitter.com/Lineplus Marin
Real hackers uses an OS that shows incomprehensible green text on a black screen.

http://twitter.com/Teemperor encunry
Like Bash with configured Layout-Profile in the Terminal?
http://twitter.com/humphreybc Benjamin Humphrey
Like this? http://hackertyper.net/

http://twitter.com/95felipe Felipe AP
hahahahahahhaah! awesome! hahaha
http://2buntu.com Roland Taylor
why the buttons?
Wayne
What does it do??? :S

Anonymous
It frightens people ?
Anonymous
It frightens people ?
Anonymous
It frightens people ?
Anonymous
It frightens people ?
Anonymous
It frightens people ?

Wayne
wth??? Soooo many posts!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous
It frightens people ?
Anonymous
It frightens people ?
Anonymous
It frightens people ?
Anonymous
It frightens people ?
Anonymous
It frightens people ?
Anonymous
It frightens people ?
Anonymous
It frightens people ?
Anonymous
It frightens people ?
Anonymous
It frightens people ?

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000105951500 Troels Korreman Nielsen
Like my netbook? :D

http://twitter.com/poltak_ Jaian
Heh… that is quite cool. What gtk theme and other utilities did you use to achieve that?
And @topic: I saw this too, and the first thing I thought when looking at the image was “Oh, it’s Ubuntu!” :P

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000105951500 Troels Korreman Nielsen
I modified the BlueBird metacity theme for the windows and the High Contrast Inverse for the gtk. Hele’s a link: http://www.weebly.com/uploads/4/0/7/4/4074797/greenblack.tar.gz
and for the icons i used Any Color You Like (ACYL): http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Any+Color+You+Like?content=102435finally, i made a new terminal profile (Edit>Profiles, you know what to do)
Some icons are still white since i didn’t bother changing them.Enjoy :)
Anonymous
you can’t be serious? you’d actually USE that? O.o

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000105951500 Troels Korreman Nielsen
I ACTUALLY FIND IT QUITE COMFORTABLE WHEN MOST OF THE SCREEN IS BLACK
HAPPY CAPS DAY

http://twitter.com/zcdziura Zachary Dziura
Is that Lua you’re programming in? =D I love Lua!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000105951500 Troels Korreman Nielsen
It is! :D I was modifying a conky script, not that I’m good at either lua or conkyrc.

http://twitter.com/SarcasticSloth Steven Garza
You can hack the Gibson with that theme.
Joseph Abbey
I do like your netbook :)
where did you get the theme?yearoflinux.com

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000105951500 Troels Korreman Nielsen
I MADE IT MYSELF: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=143075
PS. HAPPY CAPS DAY
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000105951500 Troels Korreman Nielsen
I MADE IT MYSELF: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=143075
PS. HAPPY CAPS DAY

http://claimid.com/el-bhm bhm
Remember, password is always Sex, God or Money.

http://www.hackan.com.ar HacKan & CuBa co.
Don’t forget Secret and Love ;) :D

http://twitter.com/NOVAinc Lucas
And Password

https://launchpad.net/~jerenept-gmail jerenept
and Swordfish.
https://launchpad.net/~jerenept-gmail jerenept
and Swordfish.
Anonymous
And Passwordfish.
Anonymous
The name of owner or his secret affair maybe crush :D
Joe Rockstar
and ‘chihuahua’ or ‘mississippi’. They never forget their password again after those ;)
Sławomir Rynkiewicz
and MS P@$$word
Joseph Abbey
and 42, the meaning of life, the universe, and everything
yearoflinux.com

http://www.hackan.com.ar HacKan & CuBa co.
Don’t forget Secret and Love ;) :D
Anonymous
adid u just watched hacker series film ??

http://twitter.com/Lineplus Marin
Real hackers uses an OS that shows incomprehensible green text on a black screen.
http://www.facebook.com/darrennevares Darren Nevares
well I guess good hackers know a good operating system
http://www.facebook.com/darrennevares Darren Nevares
well I guess good hackers know a good operating system

http://www.redtube.com ActionParsnip
Hackers need tools, so the OS of choice will be the one running the desired tools :)
Anonymous
Real hackers should be OS-agnostic…

http://alaukik.myopenid.com/ Alaukik
agnostic means ‘without knowledge’ so hacker should not have knowledge about any OS ?

Matt Smith
Agnostic means “unwilling to commit to an opinion”. So he meant you should not commit to only one OS but be willing to use them all. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agnostic

Anonymous
lame

Anonymous
What’s with the stupid “lame” comments?

Anonymous
problem?

Anonymous
Yes… Your going everywhere in the comments saying “Lame”, not a good idea unless you want a ban from OMG! Ubuntu…
http://twitter.com/toxicbits toxicbits
It won’t understand you. We’ve done some science on its brain and apparently this subject called “eroguy” is only capable of using the two words “lame” and “problem?”. Obviously something went totally wrong during the synthesis. We’ll try to fix this as soon as possible.
Anonymous
@twitter-139314010:disqus LOL! Nice one :)

http://twitter.com/rodrigorsena Rodrigo Rodrigues de Sena
One good hacker, use a good system!

https://launchpad.net/~jerenept-gmail jerenept
Backtrack? based on Ubuntu ya know…..

Glaasje
i did not know that :D
(another thing learned)

Alexandru Cucu
They did it for the lulz!
http://profiles.google.com/lilianftp Moraru Lilian
Usually to get on a site with a login prompt you have to make SQL injections so it doesn’t matter which OS he uses, he doesn’t need any tool. Maybe he is concerned about his own security, that’s why he uses Ubuntu…

Anonymous
lame

Akshat Jain
Dude, stop trolling or you will earn yourself a nice permanent ban.

Anonymous
it’d be insulting to compare what they do with simple SQL injections.

Anonymous
But didn’t they say they used simple sql injections for some of their higher-profile stuff?
Or maybe I’m misinterpreting what you were saying there.

http://twitter.com/xiofire Sam
They did indeed. They posted on Twitter:
“Hacker mentality is that the 1337est hack causes the most damage. I
argue that the simplest hack embarrasses the target more and thus wins.”

Günther Wutz
…

Anonymous
Cat burglars often wear dark clothing to sneak into places unnoticed. The answer? Ban dark clothing, of course! Sheesh, don’t be ridiculous.

Anonymous
What a bunch of losers! Real hackers use sh*t like BSD or Solaris :)

Sampath Amitash
LOL
Anonymous
Just wait until Windows 8 comes out, and then we’ll talk about sh*t.

http://the-good-show.tumblr.com/ Ants
Love it. I sincerely hope these guys never get caught.
http://twitter.com/AIDS_MARTYR Andriks Musļimbekovs
its not surprise
Anonymous
In one of their tweets they said that they are/were a crew of six.
eMcE
hack_buntu? mega_looooool buuuuuhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ;DDDDDDDD

Anonymous
lame
Anonymous
google backtrack linux

https://launchpad.net/~carbeck Carsten
Once more this proves Linux is the Hacker’s OS of choice, inherently undermining socio-political stability, which is why it must be strictly prohibited and everyone using it ought to be executed on the spot with all their possessions seized by government authorities to be investigated for terroristic schemes! *devil’s advocate*

P T
might as well execute their families and friends a
while they’re at it…just for good messure….

Anonymous
I believe that, for a cool $100 million or so, SPECTRE will attempt to wipe out almost any group you mention… why not give Blofeld a call?

Zsolt Sándor
Linux is da Commie!
Joseph Abbey
your right on one thing… the stereotypes of only hackers using linux is making us all look bad!

http://b.wardje.eu/ Ward Muylaert
> LulSec, a group with hundreds of members
What?

Lincoln Master
In their final words (http://pastebin.com/1znEGmHa) they say: “Lulz Security – our crew of six wishes you a happy 2011″

Dimitar Dimitrov
I don’t think these script-kiddies deserve a blog post about them using Ubuntu. Actually they don’t deserve any attention at all. Their names are floating all over the internet and it’s just a matter of time until they all get busted. Also, calling them ‘hackers’ is just plain stupid.

http://claimid.com/el-bhm bhm
See, I have certain opinion about people calling names on others. It’s “script-kiddies”, so it doesn’t get better but worse. Since that’s on Ubuntu-centred site and not security related, that gets at least somewhat hilarious.

http://twitter.com/WhoAte Piotr Kierzek
Meh, at least they have a good taste in OS. But seriously, is anyone surprised that they used a Linux distribution? I thought that it was known that GNU/Linux is the system of hackers’ choice.
Anonymous
These guys are stupid.. They’ve caused alot of damage to companies and people.. The only thing they accomplished is getting organizations to tighten their security.. I mean come on, taking peoples personal data and putting it online?

Reginald Pinkston
That was their whole point. Like Sony for example fired their security team before the hacks even started while the CIA hacks were about telling the Gov. to stop touching the internet-free speech type deal

http://openid.anonymity.com/6E7EzeWy Dimitri
Rumor has it one of the Sony security guys has family in the Yakuza …and they aren’t to happy with the firing..Even though the security was incompetent..i don’t think they care..two things I learn not to mess with..a guys woman or their lively-hood..
http://openid.anonymity.com/6E7EzeWy Dimitri
Rumor has it one of the Sony security guys has family in the Yakuza …and they aren’t to happy with the firing..Even though the security was incompetent..i don’t think they care..two things I learn not to mess with..a guys woman or their lively-hood..

http://claimid.com/el-bhm bhm
Your perception is really narrow, mate.
With this campaign not only they raised awareness about need for security. More importantly showed how irresponsible are governments and high level organizations about sensitive data.
Besides, ask sysadmins what is the best exercise for management on security.

Anonymous
So what you are saying is.. It’s ok to bomb a country and kill innocent people just to show how weak the country’s security is?

Anonymous
I agree that a group of douchebags publicly posting personal data are taking things a couple steps too far (they should have just left their messages there to be found, scare the crap out of there targets and all). All the same, your inability to differentiate between murder and information transmission frightens me. Reactionary attitudes like yours always result in piss-poor logic; mull that over a bit.

Anonymous
Yeah.. I’m sorry. I agree my logic was stupid.. I just wanted to get a point across.. A crime in whatever way always tends to get someone innocent hurt..
https://launchpad.net/~vlk-charles kunk
The way I see it is that government is a crime so these guys were actually the heroes here.

Anonymous
But…high security is needed only against people like them…

Shawn Scammahorn
Yeah, c’mon. Taking people’s personal data and putting it online? That’s Facebook’s job ;)
Brandon Bachman
That, dear friend was their intent. I read on an article before they held a whole lot of data back, and proactively gave the tap on the shoulder some webmasters needed, you know, before somebody else more nefarious uses the same exploit and does worse things.
I commend lulzsec for their work. They constantly remind us that the only person to trust with your data is yourself, and if you need to trust others, to make damn sure they are 100% competent on locking down their servers. :P

http://alaukik.myopenid.com/ Alaukik
lul what ?

Anonymous
lame

http://twitter.com/icecolddemon Phil Oakley
Sorry, but what’s ‘lame’?
Commenting ‘lame’ on lot of posts makes YOU lame, dude. Don’t be a troll.

Anonymous
+1
:)
Anonymous
what is troll?

Anonymous
look on a mirror :D

Anonymous
Hundreds? You do know that they and everyone else has stated over and over again that LulzSec is only 6 people. Are you thinking of Anonymous? Rofl.
Do an OUNCE of research next time. Please.

Anonymous
lame

Sander Smid
Who comes to the rescue? The A-Team: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=iVujX4TR
http://twitter.com/ferrettinico nicolas ferretti
That’s it! I’m moving to Arch!

Anonymous
lame

Anonymous
I smell a troll….
*Bark* *BARK*

http://profiles.google.com/ghostlychaos117 Andrew Ryan
Huh…. Ubuntu? Not BackTrack 5?
Not Linux Mint?
Not Arch Linux?
Not Gentoo?Well…. now I am disappoint.

Zsolt Sándor
That’s it I’m moving to [insert distribution name here]!
Anonymous
Well i do understand why’d you say arch linux or Gentoo but linux mint makes no sense i mean come on it has given me headaches thinking about moral implications raised by it’s developer .
Anonymous
Frankly, I might have expected OpenBSD; those folks are NUTS about the security. ;)

http://profiles.google.com/ghostlychaos117 Andrew Ryan
Huh…. Ubuntu? Not BackTrack 5?
Not Linux Mint?
Not Arch Linux?
Not Gentoo?Well…. now I am disappoint.
http://jeremy.bicha.net/ Jeremy Bicha
This isn’t news-worthy. Ubuntu or Ubuntu derivatives are fairly common among hackers.
http://www.facebook.com/linuxspace Alexandr Berber
real hackers uses only Windows 95 =) and nothing else can be appreciated ))))
http://www.facebook.com/linuxspace Alexandr Berber
real hackers uses only Windows 95 =) and nothing else can be appreciated ))))
http://twitter.com/SarcasticSloth Steven Garza
I can’t wait for Guantanamo to be filled with 14 year old children.
http://action2.myopenid.com/ action2
eroguy is lame

Anonymous
action2 is lame

Akshat Jain
Behold the might of the banhammer!

Chad Germann
Script kiddy crackers using a User friendly distro. like Ubuntu Say it is not so! Kids like this are too lazy to “hack” anything they use esaly found scrips on a platform were all the hard work was done for them.
nothing to see here move along.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=714806040 Mark Paskal
Not something to brag or post about. I don’t want the losers who stole my info from Sony connected to Ubuntu or to Linux in the public eye.

https://launchpad.net/~vlk-charles kunk
Actually I think you should be mad at Sony. They basicaly just handed them all the information.
https://launchpad.net/~vlk-charles kunk
Actually I think you should be mad at Sony. They basicaly just handed them all the information.

http://mrnelvin.posterous.com mrnelvin
I just hope Ubuntu is not going to be use to do bad things, but of course it depends on the people that uses it that way.

http://twitter.com/95felipe Felipe AP
http://speaktopower.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/oh_rly.jpg

Valerian Eisel
http://files.myopera.com/drlaunch/albums/37656/ya-rly001.jpg
Valerian Eisel
http://files.myopera.com/drlaunch/albums/37656/ya-rly001.jpg

Anonymous
You can’t find any tool that hasn’t been used to harm someone.

http://mrnelvin.posterous.com mrnelvin
that’s quite true.
http://mrnelvin.posterous.com mrnelvin
that’s quite true.

Anonymous
LulzSec? Oh, the name speaks for itself.
http://twitter.com/Jebril Pedo Bear
Who cares, I wish they’d hack into government and banking rather than targeting gamers and social websites.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they were somehow involved with the govt. though.

Hlias Ant
I agree with the game part…
But social websites ain’t something more than ‘social websites’?

http://www.facebook.com/aditya.j.bhatt Aditya Bhatt
I’m sure Arch got a lot of new users because of the “I’m moving to …” meme floating around here. I like that :D
Maruta Česnauska
Why, why you write about hackers???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbIDPqb_2iM&feature=player_embedded#at=33
DaRKzAy ZAY
According to the log on their conversation they hate using windows because of being infected and being very vulnerable as it is today. Im trying to find out what Sabu (Lulzsec leader) uses.
Felix Daniel Padilla Castillo
Oooh Hackers…
Felix Daniel Padilla Castillo
Oooh Hackers…
cra1g321xmp
They were probaly just using it in LiveCD mode
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000678236470 Hans Heintze
n00bs. when h4x0r1ng use backtrack5 or gentoo.
Anonymous
m00t … and its incredible how sluggish the OMG! site has become
http://twitter.com/humphreybc Benjamin Humphrey
Or I could ban you for swearing. Please don’t. =)
http://twitter.com/humphreybc Benjamin Humphrey
Please don’t swear! It didn’t add anything to your argument and only adds your comment to a queue for approval, so the point you’re trying to make gets delayed.
I removed the last line.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000105951500 Troels Korreman Nielsen
SUCCESSFUL TROLL WAS SUCCESSFUL
Anonymous
Once someone gets hold of your credit card information and posts it publicly online, you’ll feel the pain..
http://www.facebook.com/people/Paulo-Silva/1324431703 Paulo Silva
Lulzsec did cracking, not hacking - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker

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