The hacker community was again busy Tuesday, with LulzSec targeting gaming companies like Minecraft and Eve Online, while Anonymous vowed to hit Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.
Hacker group LulzSec said it took down the Web site for CCP Games' EVE Online as well as Minecraft and Escapist Magazine.
The group also targeted network monitoring firm FinFisher "because apparently they sell monitoring software to the government or some s**t like that," LulzSec tweeted.
EVE Online confirmed the attack. "EVE Online and related services experienced an Internet attack. We have taken them down as a security precaution," the company tweeted earlier today. "The security of your information is of upmost import to us. We will provide more info as it becomes available."
LulzSec said it "wiped out the login server for Eve Online," taking its Web site down, too.
Minecraft developer Markus Persson, meanwhile, tweeted several hours ago that it "Looks like we're back up.. I just hope it lasts!"
Escapist Magazine has not updated its Twitter feed recently; as of 5:45pm Eastern time, its Web site was down. Earlier, LulzSec said it was firing at Escapist "with around 0.4% of our total ammunition," and said it was going to "see what their admins are made of."
Who's next? LulzSec is asking you to choose. "Call into 614-LULZSEC and pick a target and we'll obliterate it," the group promised.
Clandestine Web group Anonymous, meanwhile, is setting its sites on some more highbrow targets. They want chairman Bernanke to resign because the government has failed us, and "it is time for us to stand up for ourselves."
"We must fight back against the organized criminal class ... We must launch 'operation Empire State rebellion.' The operation will commence on June 14th ... Operation Empire State Rebellion Engaged," Anonymous said in a blog post.
Anonymous, which has seen the arrest of several members in Spain and Turkey this week over distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, first called on Bernanke to retire in March. In a video message (below), the group claims the Federal Reserver's policies are "systematically looting the country to enrich one-tenth of one percent of the population," driving millions into poverty.
Anonymous didn't get very specific as to how Operation Empire State Rebellion will proceed, except to urge people to "occupy a public space" until Bernanke steps down.
Tomorrow, meanwhile, Anonymous is calling on users to attack malaysia.gov.my at 7:30pm GMT.