LulzSec playing dangerous games with Nintendo, Sony hacks

Hacker group needs to "grow up", says Paul Ducklin of Sophos

He added that the hacking group had no "special skills" required for their online attacks, with their hacking tools freely available for download on the internet.

M86 Asia Pacific vice president, Jeremy Hulse, said there was a high possibility that the Nintendo hack was a pre-emptive strike on the company.

"They distract companies with a DDoS [distributed denial-of-service attack] and while that is going on they will be doing something else," he said.

"People have to judge the risks because anyone can be hacked. The thing to be mindful as a user is how much detail you are putting at risk.

"Personally, I would say don't use a credit card that exposes all of your savings. These sites should also be applying new levels of security because this is not a one-off."

Hulse echoed Ducklin's view of LulzSec, and said they were one of the few hacking groups who were attention seekers.

"The more serious risk in my book is the groups doing it for monetary gain and they're not going to be openly talking about it," he said.

Microsoft's Xbox Live Service, which was rumoured to be the next LulzSec target, responded in a statement.

“The security around our Xbox Live service and member information is our highest priority," a spokesman said.

"Other than that, we have no comment."

Nintendo Australia was contacted for comment by Computerworld Australia but did not respond at time of writing.

Got a security tip-off? Contact Hamish Barwick at hamish_barwick at idg.com.au

Follow Hamish Barwick on Twitter: @HamishBarwick

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