Oh.

Well, I had no idea about the back story to this issue until the DailyTech explained it very well. In a previous post I commented on the attacks against Sony Corporation. Well, we have a motive for Lulzsec.

"Sony had in recent months become a whipping boy for the hacker community after it allegedly abused the U.S. federal court system to gain access to the personal accounts of famed hardware hacker George "GeoHot" Hotz, invading the young man's privacy.  The hacking community was also resentful about Sony's decision to try to block users from installing Linux on their PlayStation 3s -- a practice they once promoted."

That is plenty of incentive for a rogue hacker group- discontent with the actions of a corporation in court. Sony is now paying the price for the moves it is making. Understanding Lulzsec is attempting to decipher the ideologies of any one hacker on his mission. There is no concrete way to nail down any one mission statement for this organization; it appears that they don't have one, OR it can be seen that their mission statement is independent for each cell of hackers. The latter description makes them seem more dangerous.

Whether you agree with their activities or not, through their postings they seem very childish, or at the least, outlandish. I don't know... their speech and actions seem... juvenile. They have a point- leaking corruption and wrong doings across the globe. Attacking networks for the expressed purpose of no physical gain seems counter intuitive, but for Lulzsec, embarrassment is enough to feed their frenzy. It is like a double edged sword- somebody had to stand up for popular opinion, but is it right? Problem is, Lulzsec is too loose of an organization (if you can call it that) to tell.