You didn't think LulzSec would just close up shop and fade away quietly, did you? The hacking group, which said over the weekend that it would be shutting down operations, dropped one last data dump with information from companies like AT&T and AOL, as well as government sites.
LulzSec's goodbye letter included links to data from AOL, AT&T, online game Battlefield Heroes, the FBI, NATO, the Navy, and more.
Battlefield Heroes is now back online, but an earlier note on the site said it was "investigating an apparent security breach related to our free-to-play Battlefield Heroes franchise. We are working to identify which accounts were affected and will take all precautions to ensure those players are notified as quickly as possible."
In a statement, NATO said police notified the organization "of a probable data breach from a NATO-related Web site operated by an external company." That site is the NATO e-Bookshop, which "does not contain any classified data," NATO said. "Access to the site has been blocked and subscribers have been notified."
Those looking to peruse the data dump might want to exercise caution. A version of the files placed on The Pirate Bay included a trojan, prompting its removal. According to a tweet from Anonymous, the trojan as "not from @lulzsec; material uploaded as received."
"This malware came from AT&T and LulzSec never actually looked at it," Anonymous tweeted again today.
Anonymous is apparently carrying on with Operation Anti-Security, a joint hacking effort between LulzSec and Anonymous that targeted government Web sites.
"We like to clarify again: All LulzSec members are accounted for, nobody is hiding. Only a name was abandoned for the greater glory #AntiSec," Anonymous tweeted via @AnonymousIRC.
Recent targets for Anonymous appear to include the Italian sites of pharmaceutical company Bayer and Telefonica.
For more, see PCMag's Guide to Knowing Your Hackers and Did LulzSec Change the Hacking Game, or Just Get Lucky?