Hacker Group Opens Telephone Request Line

Got a website you need hacked? Try calling these guys.

The hacker group Lulz Security has now opened a telephone request line so its fans can call in and suggest potential targets.  The group has made national attention by launching cyber attacks on Sony, Nintendo, and several US broadcasters.

Lulz Security claims that it has already launched attacks of eight sites suggested by callers. The group uses distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which crashes a site by inundating it with requests from computers under the attacker's control. The so-called "hacktivist" group targets organizations that are portrayed as having acted against the interests of citizens or consumers.

So, they're basically your run-of-the-mill protesters. They just prefer to launch massive, high-profile digital attacks on their opponents rather than hold up some signs and scream and yell.