Oh, and I must add a few more points on their legacy.
I am not sure how DDoSing a small company's server is really "improving" security. Or hacking into systems, stealing information and then freely posing it online. At its worst that's crime against civilians, which - in a war - is punishable by the "crime against humanity" label.
Frankly, I still don't know what their whole mission was. Was it to embarrass companies? Then why steal information and post it online. Was it to improve security? Then why DDoS - that does nothing to improve security.
Instead, I think these guys were just bored after writing their exams at the end of the year and had nothing else to do but troll companies and farm data. If they really wanted to help improve security then they would've contacted the companies about it, and demonstrate their weakness - just like in the hacking contests.
I am not sure how DDoSing a small company's server is really "improving" security. Or hacking into systems, stealing information and then freely posing it online. At its worst that's crime against civilians, which - in a war - is punishable by the "crime against humanity" label.
Frankly, I still don't know what their whole mission was. Was it to embarrass companies? Then why steal information and post it online. Was it to improve security? Then why DDoS - that does nothing to improve security.
Instead, I think these guys were just bored after writing their exams at the end of the year and had nothing else to do but troll companies and farm data. If they really wanted to help improve security then they would've contacted the companies about it, and demonstrate their weakness - just like in the hacking contests.